Kristin Lavransdatter
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Author
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Kristin Lavransdatter volume 2
Language
English
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"The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years."
— Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs
"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." — Montreal Star
"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously......
— Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs
"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." — Montreal Star
"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously......
Author
Series
Kristin Lavransdatter volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years."
— Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs
"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." — Montreal Star
"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously......
— Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs
"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." — Montreal Star
"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously......
3) The cross
Author
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Kristin Lavransdatter volume 3
Language
English
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First published in English in 1927, "The Cross" is the final book in the "Kristin Lavransdatter" trilogy, which depicts the life of a Norwegian woman from her childhood to her death in the 14th century. The first book in the series, "The Wreath", follows the young Kristin as she clashes with her family, who are religious and prosperous farmers, while she falls in love with, and eventually marries, a man that her parents do not approve of. In the second...