The Family at Gilje (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonas Lie
- First Published: 1883
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Freedom, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, City life, Soldiers, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Captain Jäger, a Norwegian army officer in command of the mountain post near Gilje. He wants his favorite daughter, Inger-Johanna, to be a society woman and sends her to live with his sister in the city. He is bitterly disappointed when the girl refuses a good marriage because she loves a radical student. The captain’s health fails rapidly after this disappointment, and he dies.
Inger-Johanna Jäger, the captain’s charming and favorite daughter. She falls in love with a radical student, Arent Grip, who teaches her to look beneath the symbols of...
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