![]() And the slowly shifting relationships between the characters, both friendships and romantic liaisons, are the heart of it. It is told in segments, at least that is how it felt to me. Jenny begins to look elsewhere.but not too far, unfortunately for them all. And Helge doesn't look as appealing under the grey skies of home, especially when he's within in the circle of his unhappy family and jealous mother. She and Helge become engaged, and then leave the sunny peaks of Italy to return home to meet his family and get settled into a routine before marrying.īut that's where everything goes wrong - the staid, restricted life that Jenny has to fit herself back into is stifling. Jenny is ready for love as a reserved woman in her late 20s who has always been responsible for her family she's never had the opportunity for romance. ![]() From then on he is part of Jenny & Cesca's group of free-wheeling artists like everyone else, he first falls for the vibrant Cesca, but eventually realizes it's Jenny he loves. When Helge Gram arrives in Rome, he gets turned around in the dark and asks two Northern looking girls for directions to the railway station. She's a quiet, self-contained Norwegian girl, as opposed to her flighty, dramatic, and quite beautiful best friend. Jenny Winge is a tall, confident, artist living in Rome with her friend Cesca when we first meet her. Jenny / Sigrid Undset translated from the Norwegian by W. ![]()
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