Scott page images at hathitrust undset, sigrid, 18821949. This new relationship is soon to have tragic consequences for jennys life. Morality and redemption in the novels of sigrid undset loyola. Jenny, a novel depicting a woman defeated both in love and in artistic. Sigrid undset 20 may 1882 10 june 1949 was a norwegian novelist who was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1928. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. The reality of sigrid undsets early life was the necessity of leaving school and earning her living in an oslo law office. Reading sigrid undset catholic education resource center. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Sigrid undsets essays for our time elizabeth scalia. She and her family moved to norway when she was two. I wonder if any reader of sigrid undset comes to the master of hestviken first. Sigrid undset, norwegian novelist who received the nobel prize for literature in 1928. One evening in rome, in the beginning of the last century, two people meet in the street.
At twentyeight, jenny is already at an advanced age for any unmarried woman of. Jenny by sigrid undset, translated by tiina nunnally. As the decades have passed, it has become ever more evident that undsets talent as a novelist places her, along with george eliot, as one of the only two women. The unknown sigrid undset introduces a new generation of readers to some of these early works. Set during a working holiday in rome, then a disheartening return to norway at the turn of the twentieth century, sigrid undsets jenny is one womans heartwrenching journey to determine her own fate. Both this influence and her own life story are constantly present in her worksfrom elleve aar 1934. Sigrid undsets life was a heavy one, and it seems if she could not have joy, she was determined to have light. Sigrid undset quotes author of kristin lavransdatter.
In it, kristin reaps both the rewards and sorrows of the choices she sowed in the first two volumes. The acknowledged masterpiece of the nobel prizewinning norwegian novelist sigrid undset, kristin lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. This brooding book can stand with the best of the moderns. Seventy years ago norwegian novelist sigrid undset was awarded the nobel prize for literature. She fled norway in 1940 because of her opposition to nazi germany and the german occupation, but returned after the end of world war ii in 1945. It seems that most find their way here after spending many precious hours, days, and months living the story of kristin lavransdatter.
The bulk of this volume consists of undsets 1912 novel jenny, which has been out of. Sigrid undset was born in kalundborg, denmark as the daughter of a norwegian archeologist. Poverty forced undset to do secretarial work for a time 18981908. Emme jenny winge is a norwegian expatriate studying art in rome, part of a bohemian group of friends who explore the ancient city in an intoxicating passion for beauty. She won the nobel prize in literature in 1928 sigrid undset was born on may 20, 1882, in kalundborg, denmark, the daughter of a distinguished norwegian archeologist and a danish mother. Sigrid undset undset, sigrid, 18821949 a wikipedia article about this author is available undset, sigrid, 18821949. Her father was an archaeologist, and her home life was steeped in legend, folklore, and the history of norway. Cultural, autobiographical, and religious topics constitute a large and interesting portion of her fiction, which in norway is categorized according to the time of action. Sigrid undset project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. The cross is the final shattering novel in sigrid undsets kristan lavransdatter trilogy. Sigrid undset and happy times in norway sigrid undset demonstrated the greatness of a true artist, telling the simplest stories in such an artless way that the effort of creation barely shows. Sigrid undset 18811949 was a writer who was awarded the nobel prize in literature in 1928. She brought out a stool and placed some bread and cheese on it.
Dive deep into sigrid undset with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Come in, and please go and sit on the balcony while i get your tea. Jenny is a novel by the norwegian writer sigrid undset, published in 1911, and regarded as. Sigrid undsets youth, which was the matrix of her artistic message, was far from the carefree happy age that many people today consider the privilege, if not the right, of adolescents. Jenny is a novel by the norwegian writer sigrid undset, published in 1911, and regarded as undsets literary breakthrough.
Jenny and other works steerforth press, 2001, and the bestseller smillas sense of snow by danish novelist peter hoeg delta, 1995. Roman by sigrid undset free ebook project gutenberg. Jenny covered her bed with the counterpane, tidied the dressingtable, and changed her dressingjacket for a long kimono. A novel by sigrid undset free ebook project gutenberg. Yearning for an immortal love, she allows herself to fall into lessthanideal romantic relationships and then has to. Jenny 1911, an idealistic and tragic love story, is one of the latter novels. Sigrid undset norway 1882 1949 undset was born in kalundborg, denmark, but her family moved to norway when she was two years old. Sigrid undset was a norwegian novelist who was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1928. In 1924, she converted to catholicism and became a lay dominican. In kristin lavransdatter 19201922, sigrid undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful. My first sigrid undset, jenny is the tale of a woman who is undone by her high moral standards and her desire for true love. Sigrid undset 20 mey 1882 10 juin 1949 wis a norse novelist wha wis awairdit the nobel prize for leeteratur in 1928. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, undset immerses readers in the daytoday life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period.
The unknown sigrid undset additionally includes two hitherto unavailable short stories. She was two years old when her family moved to kristiania, norway. This fascination is manifested in the fact that her works, particularly the books about kristin lavransdatter, continue to be among the bestselling and mostread books in norway. All my days i have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path. Jenny and art school friend cesca share lodging while they paint in italy.
Set in norway and iceland at the beginning of the eleventh century, this is the story of the beautiful, spoiled vigdis gunnarsdatter, who is casually raped by. When jenny was published in 1911, undset found herself called immoral this is a side of the free, artistic life that the vast majority of citizens would ra. Her early novels of contemporary life, among them jenny 1911. Sigrid undset was born on 20 may 1882 in the small town of kalundborg, denmark, at the childhood home of her mother, charlotte undset 18551939, nee anna maria charlotte gyth. The norwegian novelist sigrid undset 18821949 was internationally acclaimed for the historical novel kristen lavransdatter. In the first novel, kristins passion for erlend nikulausson led her to break her betrothal to simon andresson. Kristin lavransdatter by undset, first edition abebooks. Undset was born in kalundborg, denmark, but her family moved to norway when she was two years old. Even into the 1990s people continue to be fascinated by norwegian author sigrid undset and her lifework. In her great historical epic kristin lavransdatter, set in fourteenthcentury norway, nobel laureate sigrid undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Sigrid undset was the daughter of archeologist ingvald undset.