Skipper Worse

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Skipper Worse is a 19th-century Norwegian novel by Alexander Kielland that portrays the lives, moral conflicts, and social changes in a coastal fishing community.

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instanceOf novel
associatedWith Norwegian literature
Scandinavian realism
linked to: Norwegian realism
author Alexander Kielland
countryOfOrigin Norway
creator Alexander Kielland
depicts Norwegian fishing community life
genre realist novel
social novel
hasCharacter Garman
Hans Nilsen Fennefos
Jacob Worse
Madame Torvestad
Randulf
Sara
hasMainCharacter Skipper Worse
hasMoralFocus critique of religious hypocrisy
individual conscience versus social pressure
hasSubject economic change in coastal towns
family and community relations
religious movements in Norway
hasTitleCharacter Skipper Worse
influencedBy European realism
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Realism
mainTheme class differences
conflict between tradition and modernity
moral conflict
religious pietism
social change
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Norwegian
partOf Norwegian realist canon
portrays conflict between lay religious groups and secular society
life in a 19th-century Norwegian port
publicationCentury 19th century
settingPeriod 19th century
settingPlace Norwegian coastal town
Stavanger region
linked to: Rogaland

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Alexander Kielland notableWork Skipper Worse
Skipper Worse hasMainCharacter Skipper Worse
Skipper Worse hasTitleCharacter Skipper Worse
Alexander Kielland notableWork Skipper Worse
subject linked to: Kielland family