Project Gutenberg 2005-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 261 Lie, Jonas 1833 1908 Lie, Jonas Lauritz Idemil Muir, Jessie Muir, J. 34037782 Livsslaven. English One of Life's Slaves Translation of: Livsslaven E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, Jim Wiborg, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "One of Life's Slaves" by Jonas Lie is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the struggles and life experiences of its main character, Nikolai, who grapples with the burdens of poverty, illegitimacy, and societal expectations in Christiania. It explores themes of suffering, identity, and the harsh realities faced by those at the margins of society. The opening of the novel introduces us to Nikolai's mother, Barbara, a strong but ill-fitted woman who becomes a nurse in the city to support her son, whom she struggles to care for in a broken home. As the story unfolds, we see Barbara's sacrifices and hardships, and the early hints of how the environment and social conditions shape Nikolai's identity. Barbara's emotional turmoil leads her to make difficult choices for the sake of survival, and the reader is pulled into her world of hardship and compromise, setting the stage for Nikolai's future struggles as a product of his upbringing. The details of their life establish a haunting atmosphere of desperation that illustrates the novel's exploration of fate and societal constraints. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Norway -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 273120 2025-10-07T04:33:59.838675 text/html 268946 2020-12-14T12:05:43 text/html 170553 2025-10-07T04:34:05.443637 application/epub+zip 174369 2025-10-07T04:34:01.704639 application/epub+zip 174369 2025-10-07T04:34:00.474667 application/epub+zip 307529 2025-10-07T04:34:08.222620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294677 2025-10-07T04:34:04.791644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274392 2022-09-08T00:02:33.422615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254682 2025-10-07T04:33:59.183690 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254444 2020-12-14T12:05:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 254478 2020-12-14T12:05:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20350 2025-10-07T04:34:08.362607 application/rdf+xml 12518 2025-10-07T04:34:00.978645 image/jpeg 3415 2025-10-07T04:34:00.722660 image/jpeg 97188 2020-12-14T12:05:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 100131 2020-12-14T12:05:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 97187 2020-12-14T12:05:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 163776 2025-10-07T04:33:59.861684 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia