A Happy Boy

Alexander Kielland wrote the book Skipper Worse which was first released in 1882. The trading house Sandgaard which Kielland designed using the family's own trading house Jacob Kielland & Sn as a model is where the story is set in and around Stavanger. The book alternates between the old trade house which struggles financially the burgeoning petty bourgeoisie led by the Haugians and the skipper's club to paint a comprehensive image of the city's different settings. The work features sexuality generational inconsistencies hypocritical exposes romance environmental descriptions and a luscious lushness.