Growth of the Soil (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Knut Pedersen
- First Published: 1917
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Farms, farmers, or farming, Illegitimacy, Mines, miners, or mining, Childbirth, Peasantry or peasants, Land settlement, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Isak, a sturdy Norwegian peasant, the rough-hewn, monumental hero of the novel. Starting out on his own, he clears some isolated forest land and builds a sod hut. He sends out word by way of some Lapps that he is looking for a woman, and eventually a robust, harelipped woman comes to live with him. Together they acquire livestock, better living quarters, sufficient crops, and a happy life blessed with four children. Then she is sent to jail for killing her newborn harelipped baby, and Isak is unhappily forced to live without her for five years. After her...
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