The Women at the Pump

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The Women at the Pump is a novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun that portrays the intertwined lives and social dynamics of people in a small coastal town.

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The Women at the Pump canonical 1
Women at the Pump 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Knut Hamsun
countryOfOrigin Norway
genre novel
realist fiction
hasAudience adult readers
hasAuthorNationality Norwegian
hasCharacterType families in a small town
local tradesmen
townspeople
working-class women
hasCulturalContext Norwegian society
coastal town culture
hasForm prose
hasKeyElement depiction of coastal environment
depiction of community life
focus on women’s roles in society
multiple intersecting storylines
portrayal of social hierarchy
hasLiteraryPeriod 20th-century literature
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasOriginalTitleLanguage Norwegian
hasSubjectMatter community norms
gender roles
morality and judgment in small communities
social relations
hasTemporalScope early 20th century
hasTitleLanguage English
hasWorkType fiction
isWrittenBy Knut Hamsun
mainTheme everyday life of ordinary people
gossip and reputation
intertwined lives of townspeople
social dynamics in a small community
originalLanguage Norwegian
setting small coastal town

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Knut Hamsun notableWork The Women at the Pump
Knut Pedersen notableWork The Women at the Pump
this entity surface form: Women at the Pump