[Interim production #2] Hjalmar Söderberg - Martin Birck’s Youth

[Robin Whittleton]

I saw that PG had recently released the Hjalmar Söderberg novella Martin Birck’s Youth, so I was planning to add it to the Short Fiction compilation I did. But it turns out to be (without the preface) 41.6K words, so it just works its way up to being a standalone publication.

Repo: https://github.com/robinwhittleton/hjalmar-soderberg_martin-bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork

PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78363

Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/martinbircksyout0000sode

The structure is a little odd: despite it being just 41k words it’s split into three parts and 31 chapters overall. I’ll start proofing shortly. No idea about cover art yet.

-Robin

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Lukas will manage with Weijia reviewing.

On 4/7/26 4:04 PM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> I saw that PG had recently released the Hjalmar Söderberg novella /
> Martin Birck’s Youth/ <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78363>, so I was
> planning to add it to the /Short Fiction/ compilation I did. But it

> turns out to be (without the preface) 41.6K words, so it just works its
> way up to being a standalone publication.
>
> Repo: https://github.com/robinwhittleton/hjalmar-soderberg_martin-

> bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/
> hjalmar-soderberg_martin-bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork>
> PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78363 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/78363>
> Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/martinbircksyout0000sode

> <https://archive.org/details/martinbircksyout0000sode>
>
> The structure is a little odd: despite it being just 41k words it’s
> split into three parts and 31 chapters overall. I’ll start proofing
> shortly. No idea about cover art yet.
>
> -Robin
>

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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok, noted.

[Robin Whittleton]

I’ve added “The Kiss” by Munch to the DB and claimed it for this production. Will push when someone approves: https://standardebooks.org/artworks/edvard-munch/the-kiss

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[David]

All done, Robin!

On Sunday, 12 April 2026 at 14:20:26 UTC+1 robin wrote:

I’ve added “The Kiss” by Munch to the DB and claimed it for this production. Will push when someone approves: https://standardebooks.org/artworks/edvard-munch/the-kiss

. . .

[Robin Whittleton]

Thanks David! OK Weijia, over to you for the review. https://github.com/robinwhittleton/hjalmar-soderberg_martin-bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork.

-Robin

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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok! This is a very busy week so I will do it when I can. I may take a little longer than usual in getting to it.

[Robin Whittleton]

Absolutely zero hurry of course. Feel free to put it off as long as you like.

-Robin

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Ok! This is a very busy week so I will do it when I can. I may take a little longer than usual in getting to it.

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[Weijia Cheng]

Great work! I filed a review with some minor issues.

[Weijia Cheng]

Ok Alex, this is ready for you.

[Robin Whittleton]

If you’re working on releasing books, maybe you missed that this was ready Alex? No hurry if it’s in your backlog of course!

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[Alex Cabal]

Looks good Robin, I've released it, thanks!

On 4/17/26 1:47 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> Ok Alex, this is ready for you.
>
> On Friday, April 17, 2026 at 9:24:51 AM UTC-4 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> Great work! I filed a review with some minor issues.
>
> On Monday, April 13, 2026 at 8:00:00 AM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>
> Absolutely zero hurry of course. Feel free to put it off as long
> as you like.
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 13 Apr 2026, at 13:39, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks
>> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok! This is a very busy week so I will do it when I can. I
>> may take a little longer than usual in getting to it.
>>
>>
>> On Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6:38:30 AM UTC-4 robin wrote:
>>
>> Thanks David! OK Weijia, over to you for the review.

>> https://github.com/robinwhittleton/hjalmar-
>> soderberg_martin-bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork
>> <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/hjalmar-

>> soderberg_martin-bircks-youth_charles-wharton-stork>.

>>
>> -Robin
>>
>>> On 13 Apr 2026, at 10:35, David <djre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>

>>> All done <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/edvard-
>>> munch/the-kiss>, Robin!

>>>
>>> On Sunday, 12 April 2026 at 14:20:26 UTC+1 robin wrote:
>>>
>>> I’ve added “The Kiss” by Munch to the DB and claimed
>>> it for this production. Will push when someone
>>> approves: https://standardebooks.org/artworks/edvard-

>>> munch/the-kiss <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/
>>> edvard-munch/the-kiss>

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