Instead of adding stones to her grave, the protagonist refuses and instead makes a headstone.
One figure mentioned in this work is a witch who drank the blood of her children and is buried on the protagonist's property. Instead of adding stones to her grave, the protagonist refuses and instead makes a headstone. In one scene of this novel the protagonist arrives home to find his wife dead from childbirth, but the daughter remained alive due to the warmth of a dog that lay on top of it. This incident occurred after the protagonist rode a charging animal into a river and almost froze to death. The main character of this novel hires a teacher who ultimately seduces his daughter Asta. After working for eighteen years under Bailiff Jon, the protagonist purchases a farm at Winterhouses, which he boastfully renamed Summerhouses where his wife Finna gives birth yearly. Other members of the central family include a man who travels to America to live with his uncle Nonni, and Ingolfur who becomes a member of parliament. For 10 points, identify this novel about the sheep farmer Bjartur, a work by Icelandic author Halldor Laxness.
One figure mentioned in this work is a witch who drank the blood of her children and is buried on the protagonist's property.
{Independent People} [accept {Sjálfstætt fólk}]