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Kristin Lavransdatter by Leithauser, Sigrid Undset; Tiina Nunnally; Brad is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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EDITORIAL REVIEW: In 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 conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally’s award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty. As a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulaussøn, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty. With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, *Kristin Lavransdatter* is the masterwork of Norway’s most beloved author—one of the twentieth century’s most prodigious and engaged literary minds—and, in Nunnally’s exqui

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Author

Leithauser, Sigrid Undset; Tiina Nunnally; Brad

Publisher

Penguin Group

Published

2005

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical

Rating

4.28 / 5 (208 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14