The People of Juvik (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Olav Duun
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Family
- Time of Work: 1800-1918
- Setting: Namdal district, Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Family literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Suicide, Twentieth century, Superstition, Blindness or blind persons, Marriage, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Farms, farmers, or farming, Eighteenth century, Death or dying, Ambition, Weddings, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Per,
Bear Anders,
Big Per, and
Greedy Per, heroic ancestors of Per Anders Juvika.
Per Anders Juvika, a prosperous eighteenth century Norwegian farmer who rules his family as a patriarch.
Ane, Per Anders Juvika’s wife.
Jens, Per Anders’ son, who is wild and reckless like the old Juvikings.
Per, Per Anders’ other son, a gentle and hardworking young man. Like his brother Jens, he is ruled by his father.
Valborg, Per’s wife, picked out for him by his father.
Ane,
Aasel, and
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