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J. P. Jacobsen: Mogens (draft).
Marx-Nielsen’s Collection 27 4º, J.P. Jacobsen: Efterladte papirer II, 2

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Fol. 3: Draft of the
beginning of the
short story		 Fol. 5: Draft of
the beginning		 Fol. 7: Draft of
the beginning		 Fol. 9: Draft of
the beginning

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The title page of
the printed edition of
Mogens and Other Stories
(57,-174 8º)		 P. 3 of the printed edition:
The beginning of
the short story


The opening of J.P. Jacobsen’s (1847-1885) short story Mogens – beginning with the words “Sommer var det; midt paa Dagen; i et Hjørne af Hegnet” (Summer it was, in the middle of the day, at a corner of the preserve) – is shown here in various drafts along with a printed edition from 1882. Mogens was published for the first time in 1872 in Nyt dansk Maanedsskrift (New Danish Monthly).

21 x 13 cm.

See the entire draft on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department J.P. Jacobsen: Mogens (only in Danish).

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