Synopsis of the sequel to The Wild Orchid. In this second part of the Paul Selmer duology, Paul finally becomes a Catholic, he and Bjørg...

Here is my synopsis of the first part of Undset's tale of Paul Selmer, a young man in early twentieth century Christiania [Oslo] who is...

Another spoiler alert! Here is my synopsis of the third book of the great trilogy, for those who haven't the time to read it, or for...

Is it strange that we think that beneath the perspective of other Christians and non-Christians with their seeming reasonableness and...

Another spoiler alert! Here is my synopsis of the second book of the great trilogy, for those who haven't the time to read it, or for...

Another spoiler alert! Here is my synopsis of the first book of the great trilogy, for those who haven't the time to read it, or for...

Having re-read Kransen / The Wreath, the first of the Lavransdatter trilogy, I took to reading Kristin: A Reading by Andrew Lytle....

Here is an amusing tale from Kristin Lavransdatter (The Wreath), which has undertones of the Canterbury Tales. Medieval man might have...

I'm rereading Kristin Lavransdatter, since the first time I didn't take any notes. I am kicking myself, but at the time, I didn't quite...

Another article here, this time by Donald DeMarco at National Catholic Register.

Here you will find an interesting article about Kristin Lavransdatter's attitude to the pandemic of her own time: the Black Death. It...

A friend who runs a book club is looking at adding Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena to their list and asked me for my thoughts on the...

One would think that through all this time of the corona-era, one would have plenty of time to write some posts here. However, it's been...

SPOILER ALERT ! Fortellingen om Viga-Ljot og Vigdis. This was Sigrid Undset's first historical and second full length novel, modelled...

Let's not quibble over pronouns! I promised a post on how I came to embark upon a PdD with Undset for a thesis subject. This may be a...

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Well, 2020 was an *interesting* year. (What is that blessing/curse about living in "interesting times"?) I hope 2021 is better, or if not...

The second instalment of the last post.

First half of Undset's articles and essays, Norwegian titles with English translations.

Norwegian titles and English translations.