Lucie by Amalie Skram

Lucie

Amalie Skram with Katherine Hanson (Translator), Judith Messick (Translator)

170 pages first pub 1888 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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This novel tells the story of the misalliance between Lucie, a vivacious and beautiful dancing girl from Tivoli, and Theodor Gerner, a respectable lawyer from the strait-laced middle society of nineteenth-century Norway. Having first kept her as a...

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Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews

Moods

sad 85%
dark 57%
emotional 57%
reflective 42%
challenging 14%
funny 14%
tense 14%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 83% | Plot: 16%

Strong character development?

No: 25% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 25% | Yes: 25%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 60% | No: 40%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 75% | Yes: 25%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | N/A: 25%

Average rating

3.7

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