Ditte: Girl Alive!

By
Martin Anderson Nexö

Translated from the Danish

New York
Henry Holt and Company

Copyright, 1920
by
Henry Holt and Company

Contents

Part I

Chapter  Page

1. Ditte's Family Tree 3

2. Before the Birth 10

3. A Child Is Born 22

4. Ditte's First Step 26

5. Grandfather Strikes Out Afresh 33

6. The Death of Sören Man 39

7. The Widow and the Fatherless 47

8. Wise Maren 52

9. Ditte Visits Fairyland 69

10. Ditte Gets a Father 79

11. The New Father 87

12. The Rag and Bone Man 103

13. Ditte Has a Vision 115

14. At Home With Mother 124

15. Rain and Sunshine 138

16. Poor Granny 144

17. When the Cat's Away 151

18. The Raven Flies by Night 163

19. Ill Luck Follows the Raven's Call 172

Part II

Chapter  Page

1. Morning at the Crow's Nest 183

2. The Highroad 192

3. Lars Peter Seeks the King 203

4. Little Mother Ditte 219

5. The Little Vagabond 230

6. The Knife-Grinder 239

7. The Sausage-Maker 250

8. The Last of the Crow's Nest 267

9. A Death 284

10. The New World 291

11. Gingerbread House 303