''Jenny'' is a novel by the Norwegian writer

Sigrid Undset Sigrid Undset (; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish people, Danish-born Norwegian people, Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1928. Born in Den ...

, published in 1911, and regarded as Undset's literary breakthrough. The novel is set in

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and later in Norway. The protagonist "Jenny Winge" tries to make a career as a painter.

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* * 1911 Norwegian novels Novels by Sigrid Undset Novels set in Norway Novels set in Rome 20th-century Norwegian novels {{1910s-novel-stub