Project Gutenberg 2019-01-05 Public domain in the USA. 193 Bojer, Johan 1872 1959 Caine, Hall, Sir 1853 1931 Caine, Thomas Henry Hall, Sir Caine, T. Hall, Sir Caine, Sir Hall Muir, Jessie Muir, J. Troens makt. English The Power of a Lie Produced by Paul Haxo with special thanks to the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the HathiTrust Digital Library, Google, and the Internet Archive. "The Power of a Lie" by Johan Bojer is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book delves into moral dilemmas, exploring the impact of lies and the burdens of guilt as they affect the lives of its characters. Central to the story are Knut Norby, a farmer grappling with the consequences of signing as a surety for a friend's failing business, and Henry Wangen, the friend who is accused of forgery. At the start of the novel, we meet Knut Norby as he reflects on his day while driving home on an unsafe ice-covered lake. He is dealing with rising tensions related to his family's financial stability and the weight of his secret: he signed a bond for Wangen without his wife’s knowledge. This sets off a chain of events where rumors of forgery spread, leading to an inquiry that could destroy their lives. As both men navigate their fraught circumstances, the narrative explores themes of integrity, deception, and the complexity of human morality against the backdrop of rural life and societal expectations. The opening chapters establish a tense atmosphere that foreshadows the moral crises to come, captivating readers with a deep sense of conflict and character exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Norway -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 374296 2025-07-23T09:52:21.525510 text/html 372478 2019-01-04T19:18:12 text/html 242040 2025-07-23T09:52:28.110890 application/epub+zip 242750 2025-07-23T09:52:22.672484 application/epub+zip 242750 2025-07-23T09:52:22.084496 application/epub+zip 344389 2025-07-23T09:52:32.057897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295471 2025-07-23T09:52:27.560894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296275 2022-09-26T15:35:09.297548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322650 2025-07-23T09:52:20.848456 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 322824 2019-01-04T19:18:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19043 2025-07-23T09:52:32.211831 application/rdf+xml 20155 2025-07-23T09:52:22.170472 image/jpeg 2884 2025-07-23T09:52:22.128455 image/jpeg 119798 2019-01-04T19:19:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 189516 2019-01-04T19:19:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 190274 2025-07-23T09:52:21.556468 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia