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Author Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949.

Title The wife / Sigrid Undset ; translated with notes by Tiina Nunnally ; introduction by Sherrill Harbison.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F UNDSET    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION UNDSET    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  UNDSET, SIGRID    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F UNDSET    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F UNDSET SIGRID    Check Shelf
Description xxv, 417 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Series Penguin twentieth-century classics
Kristin Lavransdatter ; 02
Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949. Kristin Lavransdatter (Penguin Books). English ; 2.
Penguin twentieth-century classics.
Kristin Lavransdatter ; 02.
Contents Kristin Lavransdatter II: The wife -- Fruit of Sin -- Husaby -- Erlend Nikulaussøn -- Explanatory Notes -- List of Holy Days.
Summary The second volume in the trilogy, The Wife (1921) continues the story of a passionate and willful woman in medieval Norway. Kristin is now married to Erlend Nikulausson, a man whose single-minded determination to become an influential social and political figure forces Kristin to take over the management of Erlend's estate, Husbay, while raising their seven sons. Once again, Undset presents the rich historical detail and compelling characters that make her Norway's most beloved author.
Subject Man-woman relationships -- History -- Fiction.
Historical fiction, Norwegian.
Norwegian fiction.
Women -- Norway -- Fiction.
Norway -- History -- 1030-1397 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Added Author Nunnally, Tiina, 1952-
Added Title Husfrue. English
ISBN 0141181281
9780141181288
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