Constance Ring

Constance Ring is an 1885 Norwegian novel by Amalie Skram.[1] The novel was written in 1883 and was delayed until Amalie was able to publish it.[2]

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Brian W. Downs Modern Norwegian Literature 1860-1918 0521048540 - 1966 p94 "Half of Amalie Skram's novels are built on themes akin to that of Agnete. Constance Ring (1885), which makes the start, tells of a middle-class young woman's ill-starred marriages. The first is to a considerably older, insensitive man whom she has never loved and whose embraces revolt her, terminated, before the divorce she is contemplating, by his being accidentally drowned. The second union, with a younger,..."
History of Norwegian Literature Page 351 The first large novel, Constance Ring, was written in 1883 but not published until 1885 because Amalie Alver was distinctly among those who discussed things that ought not be mentioned.

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[1] Brian W. Downs Modern Norwegian Literature 1860-1918 0521048540 - 1966 p94 "Half of Amalie Skram's novels are built on themes akin to that of Agnete. Constance Ring (1885), which makes the start, tells of a middle-class young woman's ill-starred marriages. The first is to a considerably older, insensitive man whom she has never loved and whose embraces revolt her, terminated, before the divorce she is contemplating, by his being accidentally drowned. The second union, with a younger,..."

[2] History of Norwegian Literature Page 351 The first large novel, Constance Ring, was written in 1883 but not published until 1885 because Amalie Alver was distinctly among those who discussed things that ought not be mentioned.