For other uses, see Character.
Character (original Dutch title Karakter) is a novel by Dutch author Ferdinand Bordewijk published in 1938. Subtitled "Een roman van zoon en vader", "a novel of son and father", it is a Bildungsroman 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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