Hunger (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Knut Pedersen
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, City life, Begging or beggars, Pawnbroking or pawnbrokers, Hunger, Norway or Norwegians, Starvation
- Locales: Oslo, Norway
Characters Discussed
The Narrator, a young man down on his luck who writes articles and plays. He is paid so little for his work, however, that he is desperately hungry most of the time. He tells his story in the feverish state of mind that hunger produces. It is a story of his encounters in the town with girls, beggars, pawnbrokers, old friends, policemen, editors, potential employers. Sick with hunger, he is eventually turned out of his room and, finally and violently, out of the house itself. His story ends when he throws into his landlady’s face a crumpled envelope...
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