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Captain Mansana & Mother's Hands

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

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A newspaper report draws a traveller back into the fortunes of an Italian family he knew thirteen years earlier. The remains of the patriot Mansana are being returned from Rome to his birthplace, where public honours await them. Among those following the procession are his two sons, whose appearance brings old household scenes to the narrator's mind. This opening connects private memory with the political struggles behind Italy's unity.

Published here alongside Mother's Hands, Captain Mansana also follows an officer whose confidence can turn into suspicion. His dealings with Lieutenant Luigi Amorin expose a sharp sensitivity to laughter, while his attachment to Amanda complicates his approaching marriage to Theresa. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's preface presents the captain as a character drawn from life and stresses his psychological development. Both stories are translated from Norwegian. The captain's tale offers readers a study of pride and affection within a world of military rank and family loyalties.

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson helped shape modern Norwegian literature through fiction, drama, poetry, and journalism, as well as public life. A Happy Boy is an English rendering of his rural tale En glad gut, following the young Øyvind as education, work, and affection widen his prospects. Project Gutenberg records Rasmus B.

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