"Dry Fish and Wet: Tales from a Norwegian Seaport" by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen (translated by W. J. Alexander Worster). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen. Dry Fish and Wet: Tales from a Norwegian Seaport
Dry Fish and Wet: Tales from a Norwegian Seaport
Table of Contents
I. THE TOWN
II. KNUT G. HOLM
III. BRAMSEN
IV. HERMANSEN OF THE BANK
V. MRS. RANTZAU'S STORY
VI "REBECCA AND THE CAMELS"
VII. HOLM & SON
VIII. MALLA TRAP
IX. CLAPHAM JUNCTION
X. THE SHIP COMES HOME
XI. THE CONCERT
XII. OLD NICK
XIII. CILIA
XIV. A ROYAL VISIT
XV. PETER OILAND
XVI. EMILIE RANTZAU
XVII. THE EVA MARIA
XVIII. THE HENRIK IBSEN
XIX. NILS PETTER'S LEGACY
XX. THE ADMIRAL
XXI. DIRRIK
MODERN TROUBADOURS
THE GARLAND
THE LONG JOURNEY. FIRE AND ICE
DOWNSTREAM
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Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Coming, coming, dear, in a minute. Open the door, there's a good girl."
The entry of the host with a bowl of punch was the signal for a general demonstration of delight. Frantz Pettersen promptly sat down at the piano and started off, the rest of the party accompanying with anything they could lay hands on. One had a pair of fire tongs, one beat a brass tray, one rang a couple of glasses against each other, and so on. The words were something like this:
