{"title":"Kristin Lavransdatter","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"kristin-lavransdatter-the-bridal-wreath","title":"Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath (Volume I)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset | Translated by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, \u003c\/b\u003eSigrid Undset’s most famous work, is the story of an ordinary woman’s life in fourteenth-century Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVolume I—\u003ci\u003eThe Bridal Wreath—\u003c\/i\u003efollows Kristin from her childhood on her family’s estate of Jörundgaard to her coming-of-age and encounter with Erlend Nikulaussön. Immediately attracted, Kristin and Erlend enkindle an illicit and forbidden romance—illicit because Kristin is already betrothed; for-bidden, because Erlend is already married. This romance will soon engulf the entirety of Kristin’s family with tribulations, not least the implications of her innocence and her father’s honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“There is no man nor woman, Kristin, who does not love and fear God, but ’tis because our hearts are divided twixt love of God and fear of the devil and fondness for the world and the flesh, that we are unhappy in life and death.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKristin Lavransdatter \u003c\/em\u003ereceived immediate and worldwide appreciation as an exemplar of historical fiction and spiritual sensibility: hailed as the “noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life”; ranked amongst the greatest novels in world literature; compared favorably to Dostoevsky’s \u003ci\u003eBrothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e; and applauded for its revelation of the medieval world “with the richness and fullness of indisputable genius.” At the heart of \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e, the source of its dramatic power and poignant beauty, is religion―the relationship between creature and Creator. Leaving no gap between this world and God’s world, Undset tells her trilogy with unwavering courage and conviction in the facts of man’s freedom and God’s mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset \u003c\/b\u003e(1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to the Catholic faith. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. A number of Undset’s books are available from Cluny, including \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaga of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953799\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46474114728155,"sku":"978-1685953799","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/2329\/5645\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1210.jpg?v=1738860389"},{"product_id":"kristin-lavransdatter-the-mistress-of-husaby","title":"Kristin Lavransdatter: The Mistress of Husaby (Volume II)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset | Translated by Charles Archer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, \u003c\/b\u003eSigrid Undset’s most famous work, is the story of an ordinary woman’s life in fourteenth-century Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mistress of Husaby\u003c\/i\u003e―Volume II of \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e―follows Kristin upon her marriage to Erlend Nikulaussön and her assumption of the duties of mistress of Husaby, Erlend’s family estate. Having repented of her sins and reckoned with their consequences for her new life, Kristin raises her sons and seeks reconciliation with her own mother and father. 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The one constant for Kristin is the Cross: bearing the weight of life, joy mixed grief, in the face of inevitable death. 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