The Family at Gilje

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The Family at Gilje is a classic 19th-century Norwegian novel by Jonas Lie that portrays the constrained lives and social struggles of a rural officer’s family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Jonas Lie
countryOfOrigin Norway
creator Jonas Lie
depicts an officer's family
rural officer class
genre domestic novel
realist novel
social novel
hasSubject conflict between individual desires and social expectations
duty and obligation
economic pressure on families
social hierarchy
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod 19th-century literature
mainTheme Norwegian provincial society
family life
marriage and social status
social constraints
women's limited opportunities
notableFor classic status in Norwegian literature
depiction of women's social conditions
portrayal of Norwegian provincial life
originalLanguage Norwegian
partOf Norwegian literary canon
protagonist the Gilje family
publicationCentury 19th century
setting 19th-century Norway
rural Norway

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Jonas Lie notableWork The Family at Gilje