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" Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante." --Slate

A Penguin Classic

The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations... Read Full Overview

First published in 1921, "The Wife" is the second book in the "Kristin Lavransdatter" trilogy by Sigrid Undset, the Norwegian author and winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature. Undset's award was primarily based on this series, which depicts the life of Norwegian woman... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"Kristin Lavransdatter" er en historisk romansyklus av Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) som best?r av "Kransen" (1920), "Husfrue" (1921), og "Korset" (1922). "Husfrue" omhandler Kristin som mor og husfrue p? g?rden Husaby i Skaun. Kj rligheten til Erlend er ikke like sterk, og livet... Read Full Overview

Kristin Lavransdatter er beretningen om den smukke Kristins liv fra f dsel til d d i middelalderens Norge, et liv pr get af stor k rlighed, fortvivlelse og dyb tro. Kristin er en stolt kvinde, f dt med et us dvanligt varmt, kr vende og gavmildt sind.