''Character'' (original Dutch title ) is a novel by Dutch author

Ferdinand Bordewijk Ferdinand Bordewijk (10 October 1884 – 28 April 1965) was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered to belong to New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the P. C. Hooft Award in 1953 and the Constantijn ...

published in 1936. Subtitled "", "a novel of son and father", it is a ''

Bildungsroman In literary criticism, a ''Bildungsroman'' (, plural ''Bildungsromane'', ) is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood ( coming of age), in which character change is impo ...

'' that traces the relationship between a stern father and his son. ''Character'' is Bordewijk's best-known novel, and the basis for a 1997 film of the same name.

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1936 novels Dutch bildungsromans Realist novels Novels set in the 1920s Novels set in the Netherlands Dutch novels adapted into films {{1930s-bildungsroman-stub