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This book was once described to me as "a great broken leg book"-- great reading if you were laid up with a broken leg, or anything less serious. I agree--but don't put off reading it till you're laid up! The action follows Kristin, daughter of a 14-century Norwegian knight, from early childhood through coming of age and marriage. Kristin, intelligent, willful and passionate, falls in love with a discredited nobleman against her family's wishes. In an age when people were rarely married for love, will their love win out? Several of the characters are memorable, among them Kristin's father Lavrans, the gentleman farmer; Brother Edvin, the monk who befriends Kristin; and Arne, Simon, and Erlend, the men who each love her. At the end, Kristin's mother Ellen, usually silent, stunningly reveals her own motivations. The descriptions of the landscape, towns and villages, are poetically beautiful, and the speaking style natural (thank goodness). People sound modern, even when espousing 14th-century ideas. A reader's feast!


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The Bridal Wreath Kristin Lavransdatter Vol1 Sigrid Undset 9780394752990 Books Reviews

I have read the entire series. Once you are in, you will be hunting them down...
This story truly delves into the history of the 14th century in Norway. The translation is laborious, but a story that is well developed and makes a person want to read the second and third parts of the triology -- maybe after retirement. It took some serious hours to get through the book.
Husband loves it.
I was given this trilogy about the life of Kristin Lavransdatter as a Chritmas present by a person I was working with in the late 70s. It is some of the best writing that I have ever read even though it has been translated into English. I had misplaced the books during one of our moves but a few week ago I found the last book in the trilogy, "The Cross," in a closet in my daughter's house. I was able to get the correct spelling, etc. and of course went straight to to find it. Not only found that has this trilogy but most of the books that this fine author wrote.

Thanks to , I will be able to reread the ones I have read and I am looking forward to reading the ones I have not yet had the opportunity to read. Thanks ! I do highly recommend these books to anyone looking for good reading experiences!

Betty Blankenship
Kristin Lavransdatter is one of the greatest novels in history, and without a doubt it should be counted alongside the likes of War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, and Madame Bovary.

But this is not the translation you should read--needlessly antiquated, bowdlerized, plodding. Get Tina Nunnally's translation, which is wonderful. Yes, it's not available on . Even if you're like me and prefer reading ebooks over paper, you should still suck it up and buy the paper book. For an English-speaker, Tina Nunnally's translation is thus far the only good way to experience the masterpiece that is Kristin Lavransdatter.
Nunnally's Penguin edition is now available only in an unwieldy omnibus edition, so this Archer and Scott translation is all we have left in more portable single volumes. Several people here have commented that they find Archer and Scott demanding, or unmusical, etc., with all its archaisms, etc. I read Nunnally's translation many years ago, and have a 1923 "Norwegian" edition I dip into to check things (although I can't say that my knowledge of the language is that great). Sure, Archer and Scott leave a few bits out, and the "'twases," "wot yous" etc can jar a little. And Undset doesn't use such archaisms, although what these exactly would be in her language is a moot point. Yet why should be think of this as an easy read, why shouldn't we stumble over passages since the book looks back now some 700 years? Undset said that writing of the past was really writing about the present, but it might not always have to seem so. We should be a little alienated from the past in historical fiction (think of the contrivances in Walter Scott's fictions manuscripts left in carriages etc.) , should be reminded of the temporal distance, and Archer and Scott's translation is still around, with a helpful glossary. It might be lightly revised, if the plates are still there, but I don't think it has been entirely "superseded" as some commentators here maintain.
A wonderfully written book. At the beginning, Undset does a marvelous job of seeing the world through a child's eyes. And as Kristin grows older, into her teen years, the dialogue takes on Shakespearean qualities, especially between her and Erlend. Very poetic. The ending leaves one breathless as to Kristin's fate. The wedding scenes and the very last part with her parents do not seem to bode well for the future.

A joy to read and I look forward to the next book in the trilogy.
This book was once described to me as "a great broken leg book"-- great reading if you were laid up with a broken leg, or anything less serious. I agree--but don't put off reading it till you're laid up! The action follows Kristin, daughter of a 14-century Norwegian knight, from early childhood through coming of age and marriage. Kristin, intelligent, willful and passionate, falls in love with a discredited nobleman against her family's wishes. In an age when people were rarely married for love, will their love win out? Several of the characters are memorable, among them Kristin's father Lavrans, the gentleman farmer; Brother Edvin, the monk who befriends Kristin; and Arne, Simon, and Erlend, the men who each love her. At the end, Kristin's mother Ellen, usually silent, stunningly reveals her own motivations. The descriptions of the landscape, towns and villages, are poetically beautiful, and the speaking style natural (thank goodness). People sound modern, even when espousing 14th-century ideas. A reader's feast!