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  • In the Wilderness (The Master of Hestviken, Vol. 3)

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Originally published in Norwegian in 1927, this translation by Arthur G. Chater first published in 1929, public domain. It is Norway in the thirteenth century, a land rent by unremitting warfare and feebly lit by Christianity. Olav Audunsson was once an outlaw; now he is a man of wealth and stature. But he is haunted by the memory of crimes for which there is no easy atonement... In the third ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • W Emme

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Jenny Winge, a young Norwegian painter, seeks inspiration by joining a community of artists in Rome. But her world begins to unravel with the arrival of Helge Gram, a younger Norwegian whose romantic attention she accepts despite growing evidence of a mismatch. This precipitates a series of romantic crises that explore whether artistic ambition and moral idealism can coexist with romantic love. ... Read more

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  • Kristin Lavransdatter

    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally ...
    Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...
    Series series The Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
    “[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —SlateThe turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary masterIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Kristin Lavransdatter

    The Complete Trilogy

    by Sigrid Undset, Alrik Gustafrom ...
    Immerse yourself in the tumultuous story of head-strong Kristin as she battles through life in medieval Norway. From the beloved Norwegian author Sigrid Undset, this richly detailed trilogy features all three books in the Kristin Lavransdatter series.Set in 14th-century Norway, Kristin is rebellious and determined to live by her own rules, often disobeying her parents and ignoring others’ warnings ... Read more

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  • Jenny: A Novel

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    As Helge Gram turned the corner into Via Condotti in the dusk a military band came down the street playing “The Merry Widow” in such a crazy, whirling time that it sounded like wild bugle calls. The small, dark soldiers rushed past in the cold afternoon, more like a Roman cohort intent on attacking barbarian hosts than peaceful men returning to their barracks for supper. That was perhaps the cause ... Read more

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  • Olav Audunssøn

    I. Vows

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...
    The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a centuryAs a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn. The two children, very different in temperament ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • Stages on the Road

    A forgotten classic on saints, women, and the Church in the modern world from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Sigrid Undset is among the great modern writers of the twentieth century and was an adult convert to Catholicism. This forgotten treasure from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter is a fascinating collection of saints’ lives, a prophetic critique of modernity, and a surprisingly contemporary take on being Catholic—in particular a Catholic woman—in a sometimes-hostile secular ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Jenny

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...
    When Jenny was published in 1911, Undset found herself called immoral — “this is a side of the free, artistic life that the vast majority of citizens would rather not know.” The novel tells the story of Jenny Winge, a talented Norwegian painter who goes to Rome to seek artistic inspiration but ultimately betrays her own ambitions and ideals. After falling into an affair with the married father of ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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  • Catherine of Siena

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Sigrid Undset’s Catherine of Siena was critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well-known and amazing fourteenth-century saint. Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this factual work on primary sources about Catherine of Siena, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart. ... Read more

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  • The Axe: The Master of Hestviken, Vol. 1

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    First published in the US by Alfred A. Knopf in 1928 in this English translation by A. G. Chater, now public domain. Set in 13th-century Norway, The Axe is the first volume in Undset's epic tetralogy, The Master of Hestviken. In it, we meet Olav Audunsson and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, who were betrothed as children and raised as brother and sister. In the heedlessness of youth, they become lovers, ... Read more

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  • Kristin Lavransdatter, I: The Wreath

    by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally ...
    Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...
    Series Book 1 - The Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
    **“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —**SlateA Penguin ClassicKristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life—her familiarity with Norse sagas and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Olav Audunssøn

    II. Providence

    by Sigrid Undset ...
    Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...
    The second volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in a new English translation, the first in nearly a centuryAs Norway moves into the fourteenth century, the kingdom continues to be racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas that serve as the backdrop for Sigrid Undset’s masterful story about Olav Audunssøn ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD