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Cora Sandel

Born

in Oslo, Norway

December 20, 1880

Died

April 03, 1974

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Cora Sandel was the pen name of Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius, a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her life abroad. Her most famous works are the novels now known as the Alberta Trilogy.

Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius was born in Kristiania (now Oslo). Her parents were Jens Schow Fabricius (1839–1910) and Anna Margareta Greger (1858–1903). When she was 12 years old, financial difficulties forced her family to move to Tromsø where her father was appointed a naval commander. She started painting under the tutelage of Harriet Backer, and while still a teenager moved to Paris, where she married the Swedish sculptor Anders Jönsson (1883–1965). In 1921 they returned to Sweden, where she won custody of her son Erik after divorcing Jön ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 2,361 ratings · 247 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Alberta and Jacob by Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 879 ratings — published 1926 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alberta and Freedom by Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translation) 3.95 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 1931 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alberta Alone by Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1939 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kranes konditori: interiør med figurer 3.71 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1946 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serien om Alberte 4.03 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1939	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cora Sandel: Selected Short Stories 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leech by Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1958 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mange takk, doktor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1935	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dyr jeg har kjent 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1946 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silken Thread 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Cora Sandel

The Alberta Trilogy (3 books)
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Cora Sandel,

Elizabeth Rokkan (Translator)

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Quotes by Cora Sandel (?)

“The truth was Alberta only knew what she did not want. She had no idea what she did want. And not knowing brought unrest and a giddy sensation under her heart. She existed like a negative of herself, and this flaw was added to all the others.
To get away, out into the world! Beyond this all details were blurred. She imagined somewhere open, free, bathed in sunshine. And a throng of people, none of them her relatives, none of whom could criticize her appearance and character, and to whom she was not responsible for being other than herself.”
― Cora Sandel, Alberta and Jacob

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“For her too, she had words on her lips, which died unborn, lay in her mind and turned to poison.”
― Cora Sandel, Alberta and Freedom

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“But Alberta sat there wretchedly. God knows who put the words into her mouth. They were not her own. They were foreign to her, stupid words behind which she hid herself. Her own never saw the light of day, they died unborn or withered on her tongue and were born distorted. She was disabled, she was without the use of speech, she would die of muteness.”
― Cora Sandel, Alberta and Jacob

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Polls

July 2025 New School Poll

Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001) 351 pages

73 votes, 36.5%

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
(1935) 400 pages

44 votes, 22.0%

The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley (1953) 326 pages

23 votes, 11.5%

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (1956) 501 pages

20 votes, 10.0%

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
(1949) 318 pages

15 votes, 7.5%

Childhood / Youth / Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen (1967) 370 pages

15 votes, 7.5%

Alberta and Jacob by Cora Sandel (1926) 247 pages.

10 votes, 5.0%

200 total votes

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