Arne (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
- First Published: 1858
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Pastoral romance
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Principal Characters: Nils, Margit, Arne, Baard Boen, Eli
- Genres: Long fiction, Folklore, Pastoral
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Villages, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Fathers, Weddings, Sweden or Swedish people, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: Sweden
The Story:
Arne was born on the hillside farm of Kampen. He was the son of Margit, betrayed one night when she attended a dance. The man said to be the child’s father was Nils, the tailor, who in his free time fiddled for country dances. Arne’s grandmother was a frugal widow who saved what she earned so that her daughter and her grandson might not want for lack of a man to look after them. In the meantime, the fiddler-tailor Nils drank more and tailored less so that his business fell off.
By the time Arne was six years old, he knew a local song written about the wild...
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