The Emigrants (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Johan Bojer
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway and the American West
- Principal Characters: Erik Foss, Ola Vatne, Else, Morten Kvidal, Kal Skaret, Karen, Per Foll, Anne, Bergitta
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Blizzards, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Immigration or emigration, Farms, farmers, or farming, Lower classes, Frontier or pioneer life, Land settlement, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: United States, Norway
The Story:
Erik Foss came back to Norway after some time spent working in America. To the cramped, class-conscious farmers and laborers of his Norwegian countryside, he held out hope for a more free and generous life in the new country. Many resolved to join his party of emigrants to America.
There was Ola, the colonel’s hired boy. Ola had a way with people, especially with girls, and Else, the colonel’s daughter, looked on him with eager eyes. Ola, however, was poor, and the stories about him did not please the colonel. After his dismissal from the farm, Ola set...
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