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Dangerous Age, The
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Title: The Dangerous Age
Author: Karin Michaëlis
Release Date: November 28, 2004 [EBook #14187]
Language: English
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THE DANGEROUS AGE
_LETTERS AND FRAGMENTS FROM A WOMAN'S DIARY_
_TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH OF KARIN MICHAËLIS_
_NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY. MCMXI_
TO
MY DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW
BARON YOOST DAHLERUP
_INTRODUCTION TO THE FRENCH EDITION By MARCEL PRÉVOST_
Here is a strange book. A novel from the North, its solid structure, its clear, unadorned form are purely Latin. A woman's novel, in its integral and violent sincerity it can only be compared to certain famous masculine confessions.
The author, Karin Michaëlis, a Dane, is not at all known in France. The Dangerous Age is not her first book; but it is, I feel sure, the first that has been translated into French. Naturally enough the Danish-Scandinavian literature is transmitted in the first instance through newspapers and reviews, and through German publishers. T