Kristin Lavransdatter: The Garland; The Mistress Of Husaby; The Cross
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Sigrid Undset; Translated by Charles Archer & J. S. Scott
Binding: Hardback
Published: Cassell and Co., , 1933
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded green cloth. Cracked hinges, no loose pages. Clean text.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter stands as a masterwork of historical fiction, presenting a vivid and emotionally charged portrait of medieval Norway. The trilogy chronicles Kristin’s transformation from a headstrong girl to a woman shaped by love, loss, and spiritual reckoning, instructing readers in the moral and social tensions of 14th-century life. Undset details the fabric of daily existence—marriage, motherhood, religious devotion—with psychological precision and narrative authority. Through richly drawn characters and a meticulously constructed setting, the work illustrates the enduring conflict between personal desire and moral duty. It remains a defining achievement in Scandinavian literature and a profound study of human resilience.
Author: Sigrid Undset; Translated by Charles Archer & J. S. Scott
Binding: Hardback
Published: Cassell and Co., , 1933
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded green cloth. Cracked hinges, no loose pages. Clean text.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter stands as a masterwork of historical fiction, presenting a vivid and emotionally charged portrait of medieval Norway. The trilogy chronicles Kristin’s transformation from a headstrong girl to a woman shaped by love, loss, and spiritual reckoning, instructing readers in the moral and social tensions of 14th-century life. Undset details the fabric of daily existence—marriage, motherhood, religious devotion—with psychological precision and narrative authority. Through richly drawn characters and a meticulously constructed setting, the work illustrates the enduring conflict between personal desire and moral duty. It remains a defining achievement in Scandinavian literature and a profound study of human resilience.