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The Last Athenian
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…which Den siste Atenaren (The Last Athenian), the novel that made his name, appeared serially in 1859. Its description of the clash between paganism and Christianity in ancient Athens revealed his opposition to clerical intolerance and orthodoxy and had a direct bearing on conditions in Sweden. He had previously…
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