Happy Boy
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Happy Boy (1881) is a classic romance novel.
A free LibriVox audiobook (3 h 16 min) is available.
About Happy Boy
"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjørnson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness , while his profound psychological insight, his perfectly artless simplicity of style, and his thorough sympathy with the hero and his surroundings are nowhere more apparent. This view is sustained by the great popularity of "A Happy Boy" throughout Scandinavia. (From the Preface) Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903.
Free audiobook
Happy Boy — LibriVox recording, 3 h 16 min in 12 sections.
Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.
Quick answers
Who wrote Happy Boy?
Happy Boy was written by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and first published in 1881.
What genre is Happy Boy?
It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.
Is there a free audiobook of Happy Boy?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 3 h 16 min.
What books are similar to Happy Boy?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray, She and Jude the Obscure.
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