Jenny (novel)

{{short description|1911 novel by Sigrid Undset}}

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| translator = Tiina Nunnally

| author = Sigrid Undset

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| country = Norway

| language = Norwegian

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| release_date = 1911

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Jenny is a novel by the Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset, published in 1911, and regarded as Undset's literary breakthrough. The novel is set in Rome and later in Norway. The protagonist "Jenny Winge" tries to make a career as a painter.{{cite book |title=Norges litteratur |pages=[https://archive.org/details/norgeslitteratur0002dahl/page/306 306–307] |first=Willy |last=Dahl |author-link=Willy Dahl |volume=2 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |year=1984 |language=no |isbn=82-03-10571-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/norgeslitteratur0002dahl/page/306 }}{{cite book |chapter=En ny realisme. Historie og samtid |title=Norges Litteraturhistorie |volume=4 |first=Per |last=Amdam |language=no |editor=Beyer, Edvard |editor-link=Edvard Beyer |pages=418–420 |year=1975 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo }}