"The descriptions of ancient Norway are marked by real poetic feeling, which even the translation into another tongue does not seem to mar, and the story of the young men's marauding expeditions on the coasts of Britain has the thrill of real romance."--_Aberdeen Free Press._
"A charming story, full of romance.... A well-written book, which young and old will read with interest."--_Midland Counties Express._
"The success of this Scandinavian author's evocation of a social order strangely remote from our own is remarkable."
"A fine, strong, virile story of the north, full of colour and life ... should be a classic of its kind in this country before many months have gone."--_Court Journal._
"The full-blooded passion of virile youth.... The author shows his skill and the strength of his abrupt yet lyrical style by the cleverness with which he creates interest and some admiration in the libertine.... This notable book."--_Liverpool Courier._
"A piece of wonderful prose."--_Evening News._
"A great Scandinavian story."--_Public Opinion._
"Uncommonly fresh and powerful."--_Scotsman._
"The dramatic scenes and episodes glow with vigorous beauty."
"Clothed in an atmosphere of graceful phantasy, and told with delicate charm ... has no Rabelaisian flavouring about it."--_Evening Standard._
"This is a book of much beauty. Never, in its most intimate passages, does it overstep the borders of delicacy. There is nothing to raise a nasty taste in one's mouth.... The tale is told with real beauty and poetic feeling, and the translation is a triumph."
"This is another of the remarkable novels which are being published by the great Copenhagen house of Gyldendal."--_Graphic._
"Messrs. Gyldendal deserve our thanks for bringing before the English-reading world an author of more than average merit.... The writer has given us a brilliant character-study in Jenny.... The book is extraordinarily human."--_Nottingham Journal._
"If this book is representative of modern Norwegian feminine fiction it reveals a high standard, and one which is quite on a level with the best English fiction of the day--in fact, we cannot think of an English book of this type which is quite as good."--_Liverpool Courier._
"The central figure, Jenny ... is finely imagined.... The story is interesting as a study in temperament."--_Scotsman._