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The Unknown Sigrid Undset
The collection includes the great novel Jenny, two short stories and selected letters.
Sigrid Undset
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Happy Times in Norway
Translation of Lykkelige dager.
Sigrid Undset
Novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) left a mark on twentieth-century literature, not only in her homeland of Norway, but across the West. Her painterly eye for the Scandinavian countryside, her uncompromising emotional realism, her concrete sense of history, her bold vision of woman and man—these won her such acclaim that she received the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature, not long after the publication of her epic historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter. During World War II, she loudly opposed anti-Semitism and the Nazi regime, and in the final years of her life, the Norwegian state awarded her the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav—the first time this honor was given to a woman outs...
Saga of Saints
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Four Stories
The four stories are Selma Broter, Thjodolf, Miss SmithTellefsen, and Simonsen.
True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales
This collection, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales, edited by Sigrid Undset and illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman, contains twenty-eight classic Norse narratives. They include the folkloric stories of 'East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon', 'The Seven Foals', 'Why the Sea is Salt', 'The Squire's Bride', and 'The Master Thief'. The tales are accompanied by the masterful artwork of Frederick T. Chapman; a book and Magazine illustrator, who contributed to numerous publications including Woman's Home Companion, Collier's, and American Magazines. He is best known for his pioneering work in children's books such as 'Joan, Maid of France, 'White Falcon', and 'Luther Burbank, Nature's Helper.'...
