![]() ![]() ![]() An essential addition to the bookshelves of Kristen Lavransdatter fans, this volume is the perfect end to the classic Norwegian series. Books, this new edition of The Cross features an excerpt from Six Scandinavian Novelists by Alrik Gustafrom. The author’s colourful depiction of 14th century Norway is continued in this final volume as she provides a fascinatingly accurate insight into medieval Scandinavia. ![]() The once charmingly reckless characters are now facing their greatest challenge yet: the inevitability of their diminishing lives.Ĭompleting the trilogy, Sigrid Undset’s third Kristin Lavransdatter book was originally published in 1922. Kristin grapples with her failing marriage and wavering faith while attempting to support eight sons. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations of readers, and the heroine, Kristinbeautiful, strong-willed, and passionatestands with the world's great literary figures.Volume 111, The Cross, shows Kristin still indomitable, reconstructing her world after the devastation of the Black Death and. ![]() As the Black Death rapidly approaches Norway, she once again has to decide what is most important to her. Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter II : The Wife by Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset Flannery OConnor: Complete Stories by Flannery OConnor The Lord of the Rings by J. Kristin Lavransdatter has lost almost everything she loves. In this heart-wrenching novel by Sigrid Undset, The Cross brings Kristin’s story to a close as the final years of her life are consumed by the Black Death, in the final installment in the well-known Norwegian trilogy, Kristin Lavransdatter. ![]()
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