First published in 1911 when the author was 29 this unsparing novel tells thestory of <strong>Jenny</strong> Winge a talented Norwegian painter whose search for... » 

First published in 1911 when the author was 29 this unsparing novel tells thestory of Jenny Winge a talented Norwegian painter whose search for artisticinspiration in Rome lands her in the arms of a married man. Her decision tohave their baby out of wedlock and raise it by herself brought charges ofimmorality against the author winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1928and the book. This is a new translation and the first English edition of Jennysince 1921 with censored passages restored. Everyone and everything leaps offthe page. The New York Times Book Review «