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Description edit
His third volume of the six volume "The People Of Juvik" epic.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Summary edit
The date of The Big Wedding (Storbybryllope, published in Norway in 1920 and in America in 1931) is about 1880. Blind Anders is still alive, well over seventy. The Arnesens have a daughter, Mina, who is engaged to Arthur Ween, son of the local vet. Aasel’s son, Peder, is to take over Haaberg... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Anders Haaberg: A blind man, the father of Ola, Aasel and Gjartru, who sits in his room silently most of the time.
- Ola Haaberg: The parish clerk, brother to Gjartru and Aasel.
- Kristen Folden: of Haaberg. Now the director of the bank and master of Haaberg.
- Aasel Haaberg: Kristen's wife, daughter of Anders Haaberg.
- Peder Folden: Aasel's and Kristen's eldest son.
- Marjane Haaberg: Aasel's and Kristen's youngest daughter.
- Marta Haaberg: Aasel's and Kristen's daughter, who is deaf and dumb. A great helper around the farm.
- Elen Haaberg: Aasel's and Kristen's daughter.
- Gjartru Haaberg: Daughter of Anders and wife to Arneson.
- Johan Martin Arnesen: Gjartru's husband, a former sergeant. Called Arnesen by all but his wife.
- Mina: Called "The Wild Duck," Gjartru's and Arnesen's only daughter.
- Kal Juvika: The lion of Juvik.
- Kjerstina Juvika: Kal's sister, and Peder's one time lover.
- Marta: A pensioner's wife at Juvik.
- Andrea Ween: The vet's daughter, object of affection of both Ola and Peder.
- Arthur Ween: Mina's fiancee.
- Ween: The veterinary surgeon, father of Arthur and Andrea. A gentleman.
- Kjersti Rönnigan: A woman who lives with Petter Haaberg, who had adopted and raised her.
- Petter Rönnigan: Brother of blind old Anders.
- Anetta: A young crofter's girl who Petter has taken in at Rönnigan.
- Kasten Landre: of Valvære. The guest of honor at the wedding.
Quotes edit
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“Day was dawning. The mountains got it first, as though caught by gladness, then it brightened and spread over land and water; black headlands and skerries came out and showed themselves with rocks and fringes of seaweed; the windows of the farms began to gleam. It was a fine autumn morning.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Namdal: A district in Norway, to the north of Trondheim, where many of Olav Duun's stories are set.
- Haaberg: The family farm of the Juvkings, purchased originally by Per.
- Segelsund: A farm owned by Gjartru and Arnesen, which Kristen helped them to get.
- The Mead: A place owned by Ola Haaberg, between Haaberg and Segelsund, off the main road.
- Juvik: The ancestral home of the Haaberg folk.
First Sentence edit
Day was dawning.
Table of Contents edit
I. Bad Year
II. In The Breeze
III. The News Spreads
IV. The Feast Draws Near
V. The Wedding
VI. After The Wedding
Glossary edit
- Seine: A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by attaching weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top. Boats equipped for seine fishing are called seiners.
- Socage: Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service.
- Jade: An old or over-worked horse.
- Tussock: A compact, densely tufted growth form of some grasses and sedges.
- Stook: A circular or rounded arrangement of swathes of cut grain stalks placed on the ground in a field. Typically sheaves of grains such as wheat, barley and oats may be 'stooked' so they are ready for threshing.
- Rime: A white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects. It is often seen on trees atop mountains and ridges in winter, when low-hanging clouds cause freezing fog.
- Fleer: To smirk contemptuously.
- Sexton: An officer of the church charged with the maintenance of its buildings and/or the surrounding graveyard.
- Bodkin: A blunt needle that is used to pull ribbon, cord or elastic through an enclosed space such as a casing.
- Sloop: A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
- Voe: A narrow sea inlet.
- Byre: A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle.
- Tallow: A mixture of animal fat refined for use in candles.
- Bann: A public announcement of a proposed marriage.
- Lee: Downwind: towards the side away from the wind.
- Flounce: A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle or frill.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 6 in The People of Juvik. (standard series)
Preceded by The Blind Man, and followed by Odin in Fairyland.
First Edition edit
Original Language: Norwegian
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Country: Norway
Publication Date: 1920
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Publication Date: 1920
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Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 30006544
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