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Kristin Lavransdatter

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Kristin Lavransdatter

By: Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally - translator, Tiina Nunnally, Brad Leithauser - introduction
Narrated by: Nina Yndis, Stephen Graybill
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 "The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years."

-- Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs

"As a novel it must be ranked with the greatest the world knows today." -- Montreal Star

"Sigrid Undset's trilogy embodies more of life, seen understandingly and seriously... than any novel since Dostoievsky's Brothers Karamazov. It is also very probably the noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life." -- Commonweal

"No other novelist, past or present, has bodied forth the medieval world with such richness and fullness of indisputable genius.... One of the finest minds in European literature."

-- New York Herald Tribune

"This trilogy is the first great story founded upon the normal events of a normal woman's existence. It is as great and as rich, as simple and as profound, as such a story should be."

-- Ruth Suckow in the Des Moines Register Classics Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Middle Ages

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"We consider it the best book our judges have ever selected and it has been better received by our subscribers than any other book," says the Book-of-the-Month Club.
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Loved every word. Thank you for making the miles I walk every day a pleasure. Everyone should read this book.

Oh what a read!

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What a story. A whole life, lived with integrity. the narrator was wonderful and I will remember the way the Norwegian names are spoken. a great novel.

simply wonderful

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What an exception of a novel this is. I'll do away with all the common 'outstanding', 'terrific work of prose/fiction' etc. The bottom line is that this book is just so gripping. What a story. The characters, the setting. The research that must have gone into 14th century Europe. I love it, and I don't usually like novels. Can't wait to listen to more.

I don't like novels, but...

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Beautiful and flawed characters, harsh and welcoming landscapes in a fourteenth century Norway which resonates with anywhere at any time.

Kristin Lavransdatter

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Nothing to dislike about this book, the research and commitment by the author has delivered an amazing book. One of the best I have had the pleasure of listening to.

Wonderful book

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