The Family at Gilje

by Jonas Lie and Samuel Coffin Eastman

Book Overview

Captain J ger is the well-meaning but temperamental head of a rural family living in straitened circumstances in 1840s Norway. The novel focuses on the fates of the women of the family: the heroic Ma, who struggles unremittingly to keep up appearances and make ends meet, and their eldest daughter Thinka, forced to renounce the love of her life and marry an older and wealthier suitor. Then there is the younger daughter, the talented and beautiful Inger-Johanna,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1870041941
• ISBN13: 9781870041942
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Norvik Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"