The Long Journey
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| Author | Johannes V. Jensen |
|---|---|
| Original title | Den Lange Rejse |
| Translator | Arthur G. Chater (1st english edition) |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | German |
| Series | The Long Journey |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | |
| Released | 1908 - 1922 |
| Released in English | 1923 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | NA |
The Long Journey (Den Lange Rejse) is a series of six novels by Danish author and poet Johannes V. Jensen, written between 1908 and 1922. The books deal with the authors theories on evolution, backdropped against a description of humanity from pre-Ice Age up to the voyage of Christopher Columbus. The work is fictional, weaving in Jensen's stylistic mythic prose with his personal views on Darwinian evolutionary theory. There are three editions of the text; first, the original six-volume Danish novels; secondly, a three-volume English edition, translated by Arthur G. Chater, published during 1923-1924; and finally, a two-volume edition published in 1938. Under the three volume English edition, books 1 & 2 fall under the title "Fire And Ice", while books 3 & 4 are called "The Cimbians". The final two books were published under "Christopher Columbus".
