Captain Jaeger 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, destined to make a splendid match - but
will the captain with the brilliant diplomatic career ahead of him
make her happy? With great empathy and affection for each member of
the family Lie evokes the tragedy of hopes dashed by the harsh
social and economic realities of the day, and the influence of one
person who dares to think differently. Both in the landscape and in
the characters the wildness of nature is played out against the
constraints of culture
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