''Mannfolk'' is a novel from 1886 by Norwegian writer

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. The novel is set in Norway's capital Christiania, and is a fierce attack on the sexual education of the time. It describes the life of a number of down-and-out men who belong to the artistic circles of the city. After the confiscation of Hans Jæger's 1885 novel '' Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen'' and

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's 1886 novel '' Albertine'', Garborg begged the

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that his novel ''Mannfolk'' please also be confiscated. That did not happen, but instead Garborg lost his position as state

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or, as he was not reelected in 1887.

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19th-century Norwegian novels 1886 novels Novels set in Oslo {{1880s-novel-stub