Marie Grubbe

Marie Grubbe is a novel written by Danish author Jens Peter Jacobsen. The story follows the life of Marie Grubbe, a noblewoman who is forced into a loveless marriage with a man she does not love. Marie soon becomes disillusioned with her life and begins to seek out other men to fill the void in her heart. She becomes involved in a series of affairs, including one with the King of Denmark, and eventually leaves her husband to live a life of freedom and independence. However, her actions have consequences and she must face the harsh realities of society's judgment and her own guilt. The novel explores themes of love, freedom, and the constraints of society in 17th century Denmark. Jacobsen's writing is known for its psychological depth and realism, and Marie Grubbe is considered one of his finest works.Sometimes when she stood at the open window leaning against the casement and looking down into the paved court below, she would feel an overmastering impulse to throw herself down, merely to do it. But in that very second she seemed to have actually made the leap in her imagination and to have felt the cool, incisive tingling that accompanies a jump from a height. She darted back from the window to the inmost corner of the room, shaking with horror, the image of herself lying in her own blood on the hard stones so vivid in her mind that she had to go back to the window again and look down in order to drive it away.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.