Principal Works
“A Norse Stev” (poem) 1872; published in journal Atlantic Monthly
“Bjornson's Dramas” (criticism) 1873; published in journal North American Review
*Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life (novel) 1874
“Ibsen's Kesier og Galilaer” (criticism) 1874; published in journal Atlantic Monthly
A Norseman's Pilgrimage (novel) 1875
“The Man Who Lost His Name” (short story) 1876; published in journal Scribner's Monthly
Tales from Two Hemispheres (novel) 1877
“Tourgenieff” (criticism) 1877; published in journal Scribner's Monthly
“Evolution” (poetry) 1878; published in journal Atlantic Monthly
Falconberg (novel) 1879
Goethe and Schiller: Their Lives and Works (biography and criticism) 1879
“Two Visits to Victor Hugo” (essay) 1879; published in journal Scribner's Monthly
“Bjornstjerne Bjornson” (criticism) 1880; published in journal Scribner's Monthly
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories (short stories) 1881; adapted for stage as Alpine Roses 1884
†Queen Titania (short stories) 1881
Idyls of Norway and Other Poems (poetry) 1882
“A New Norwegian Novelist: Alexander Kielland” (criticism) 1882; published in journal The Critic Magazine
A Daughter of the Philistines (novel) 1883
“Reminiscences of Turgeniev” (essay) 1883; published in journal Harper's New Monthly Magazine
“The Dangers of Immigration” (essay) 1884; published in journal Forum
“Social Problems in Norwegian Novels” (criticism) 1885; published in journal The Critic Magazine
The Story of Norway (novel) 1886
The Modern Vikings: Stories of Life and Sport in the Norseland (short stories) 1887
“Philistinism” (essay) 1888; published in journal Independent
The Light of Her Countenance (novel) 1889
Vagabond Tales (short stories) 1889
Against Heavy Odds: A Tale of Norse Heroism (novel) 1890
The Mammon of Unrighteousness (novel) 1891
Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-life in the Land of the Midnight Sun (short stories) 1892; revised and reprinted as The Battle of the Rafts: Boyhood in Norway 1893
Essays on German Literature (criticism) 1892
The Golden Calf: A Novel (novel) 1892
“On Howells' Work” (criticism) 1892; published in journal Cosmopolitan
“Ibsen's Treatment of Self-Illusion” (criticism) 1893; published in journal Dial
Social Strugglers: A Novel (novel) 1893
A Commentary on the Writings of Henrik Ibsen (criticism) 1894
“The Evolution of the Heroine” (essay) 1894; published in journal Lippincott's Magazine
‡Literary and Social Silhouettes (criticism) 1894
Norseland Tales (short stories) 1894
“On Zola's Experimental Novel” (criticism) 1894; published in journal Cosmopolitan
Essays on Scandinavian Literature (criticism) 1895
“Great Realists and Empty Story-Tellers” (criticism) 1895; published in journal Forum
*Published serially in the Atlantic Monthly in 1873.
†Contains three stories: “Queen Titania,” “The Mountain's Face,” and “A Dangerous Virtue.”
‡Contains “The American Novelist and His Public.”
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