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Kristin Lavransdatter

Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset Original title Kristin Lavransdatter (Norwegian, 1920)

Kristin Lavransdatter is a trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are Kransen , first published in 1920, Husfrue , published in 1921, and Korset , published in 1922. Kransen and Husfrue were translated from the original Norwegian as The Bridal Wreath and The Mistress of Husaby, respectively, in the first English translation by Charles Archer and J. S. Scott.


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“But man proposes, God disposes.”

Kristin Lavransdatter

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