Skum by Edith Øberg
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| Author | Øberg, Edith, 1895-1968 |
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| LoC No. | 23002493 |
| Title | Skum |
| Original Publication | Kristiania: Aschehoug & Co., 1922. |
| Credits | Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Language | Norwegian |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Norwegian fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77368 |
| Release Date | Nov 30, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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