The Waterfalls of Slunj (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Heimito von Doderer
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: The 1870’s to 1910
- Setting: Vienna and environs
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Culture, Factories, Family or family life, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nature, Nineteenth century, Manners or customs, Social life, Upper classes, Water, Vienna, Commerce
- Locales: Vienna, Austria
Characters Discussed
Robert Clayton, an engineer and the industrialist director of the Vienna branch of the British firm of Clayton & Powers, Ltd. At the age of twenty-eight, in 1877, he marries Harriet. They honeymoon in the southeastern part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, including the town of Slunj and the waterfalls of the Slunjcica River in this remote area of Croatia. After their return to England, Robert’s father informs them that he has arranged to open a branch factory of their agricultural machinery plant in Vienna to serve the southeastern provinces of the...
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