Sigrid undset kristin lavransdatter6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() There is nothing new under the sun and time doesn’t alter the fact that we all struggle with wrong decisions, weakness of character, and our own wilfulness. Despite its setting, and the peculiarities of the time period, this story could fit right into our own times. It is a saga, the pilgrimage of a woman from childhood to the end of her life, transporting the reader back in time and place to 14th Century Scandinavia. Kristin Lavransdatter is Sigrid Undset’s most famous work and is set in medieval Norway. If you decide to read Kristin L, make sure to get either the book above or the individual books – ‘The Wreath,’ ‘The Wife,’ and ‘The Cross.’ I’m thankful I did because The Wreath doesn’t have a satisfying end! Each book deals with a different time in Kristin’s life and The Wreath ends with Kristin’s marriage and the revelation of a secret her mother had kept hidden from Kristin’s father. I didn’t have the book and had no idea if it could be read as a stand-alone, so I decided to order the Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition which includes all three titles in the trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() My monthly book club scheduled The Wreath, the first book in Sigrid Undset’s trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter, for the month of May. ![]()
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