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What does Per Hansa find when he returns home?
When Per Hansa reaches Hans Olsa’s house, he finds that both Hans Olsa and his wife, Sörine, are awake.
Where is Giants in the Earth set?
South Dakota
Setting. Giants in the Earth is set in the so-called east-river region of what is now South Dakota, that is, along the Big Sioux River at the Iowa border, southeast of Sioux Falls. It is a place of both astounding beauty and stark wilderness.
Who is the author of Giants in the Earth?
Ole Edvart Rølvaag
Giants in the Earth/Authors
Giants in the Earth, in full Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie, novel by O.E. Rølvaag that chronicles the struggles of Norwegian immigrant settlers in the Dakota territory in the 1870s.
How does giants in the earth end?
The final lines of Giants in the Earth describe Per Hansa, who has frozen to death while searching for a minister (or doctor) for his dying friend Hans. There’s been so much snow through the winter that it’s taken months for it to thaw and to uncover Hansa’s frozen body.
Who was Per Hansa?
Per Hansa is one of the novel’s two main protagonists. He is a middle-aged man, physically strong and plain, with a wife and four children. As a fisherman in Norway, Per fell in love with and married Beret against the wishes of her parents, who objected to Per on the grounds that he was not good enough for her.
What is Giants in the Earth about?
Giants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer family’s struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on Rølvaag’s personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wife’s family who had been immigrant homesteaders.
How long is giants of the earth?
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060931933 |
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| Series: | Perennial Classics |
| Edition description: | Perennial Classics ed. |
| Pages: | 560 |
| Sales rank: | 72,878 |