# A Fortunate Man

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- Book: [A Fortunate Man](https://www.bookquiver.com/henrik-pontoppidan/a-fortunate-man) ([A Fortunate Man.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/henrik-pontoppidan/a-fortunate-man.md))
- Authors: [Henrik Pontoppidan](https://www.bookquiver.com/henrik-pontoppidan), [Flemming Behrendt](https://www.bookquiver.com/flemming-behrendt), [Paul Larkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-larkin)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-927-2
- Pages: 880
- Published: 2025-06-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A Nobel Prize-winner's unforgettable novel about a man who sheds the stifling country life of his childhood for the excitement of Copenhagen. This masterpiece of Danish literature, admired by the likes...