Gunnar's Daughter
The first historical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter
A Penguin Classic
More than a decade before writing Kristin Lavransdatter, the trilogy about fourteenth-century Norway that won her the Nobel Prize, Sigrid Undset published Gunnar’s Daughter, a brief, swiftly moving tale about a more violent period of her country’s history, the Saga Age. Set in Norway and Iceland at the beginning of the eleventh century, Gunnar's Daughter is the story of the beautiful, spoiled Vigdis Gunnarsdatter, who is raped by the man she had wanted to love. A woman of courage and intelligence, Vigdis is toughened by adversity. Alone she raises the child conceived in violence, repeatedly defending her autonomy in a world governed by men. Alone she rebuilds her life…
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April 1, 1998Sigrid Undset is a major figure in early-twentieth-century literature. A Norwegian born in Denmark in 1881, she worked with the Norwegian underground during the Second World War, fled to Sweden in 1940, and later came to the United States. She is the author of many works of fiction as well as several books for young readers and a number of nonfiction titles. Her novels encompass a variety of settings and time periods, ranging from medieval romances such as the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy—generally considered to be her masterwork—and The Master of Hestviken tetralogy to modern novels such as The Winding Road, Ida Elisabeth, and The Faithful Wife. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Sigrid Undset died in 1949.
Kristin Lavransdatter, I: The Wreath
Sigrid Undset
Kristin Lavransdatter
Sigrid Undset; Translated with Notes by Tiina Nunnally; Introduction by Brad Leithauser
Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross
Sigrid Undset; Translated with Notes by Tiina Nunnally; Introduction by SherrillHarbison
Kristin Lavransdatter, II: The Wife
Sigrid Undset; Translated with Notes by Tiina Nunnally; Introduction by SherrillHarbison
Gunnar's Daughter
Sigrid Undset
In the Wilderness
Sigrid Undset
The Son Avenger
Sigrid Undset
The Axe
Sigrid Undset
The Snake Pit
Sigrid Undset
The Bridal Wreath
Sigrid Undset
The Cross
Sigrid Undset