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==Works== {{Library resources box|by=yes|onlinebooksby=yes|viaf=73860916}} ===Novels=== * ''Marta Oulie'' (1907) * ''The Happy Age'' (1908) * ''[[Gunnar's Daughter]]'' is a brief novel set in the Saga Age. This was Undset's first historical novel, published in 1909. **''Gunnar's Daughter'', {{ISBN|0-14-118020-X}} * ''[[Jenny (novel)|Jenny]]'' was written in 1911. It is a story of a Norwegian painter who travels to Rome for inspiration. Things do not turn out as she had expected. **''Jenny'', {{ISBN|1-58642-050-X}} * ''The Unknown Sigrid Undset'', a collection of Undset's early existentialist works, including [[Tiina Nunnally]]'s new translation of ''Jenny'' was assembled by Tim Page for Steerforth Press and published in 2001. * ''[[Kristin Lavransdatter]]'' is a trilogy of three volumes. These are listed in order as well. Written during 1920–22. In 1995 the first volume was the basis for a commercial film, ''[[Kristin_Lavransdatter (film)|Kristin Lavransdatter]],'' directed by [[Liv Ullmann]]. **''Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath''. {{ISBN|0-14-118041-2}} **''Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wife'', {{ISBN|0-14-118128-1}} **''Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross'', {{ISBN|0-14-118235-0}} * ''[[The Master of Hestviken]]'' series is a tetralogy of four volumes, published 1925–27, which are listed in order below. Depending on the edition, each volume may be printed by itself, or two volumes may be combined into one book. The latter tends to result from older printings and whether the original Norwegian or later English translation. Recent completed re-titling/releases by Tiina Nunnally, from the University of Minnesota Press, are shown below. **''The Axe: The Master of Hestviken'', {{ISBN|0-679-75273-0}}, re-titled in T. Nunnally's revised English translation as ''Olav Audunssøn (I): Vows,'' {{ISBN|978-1517910488}} **''The Snake Pit: The Master of Hestviken'', {{ISBN|0-679-75554-3|}}, re-titled in T. Nunnally's revised English translation as ''Olav Audunssøn (II): Providence'', {{ISBN|978-1517911607}} **''In the Wilderness: The Master of Hestviken'', {{ISBN|0-679-75553-5}}, re-titled in T. Nunnally's revised English translation as ''Olav Audunssøn (III): Crossroads'', {{ISBN|978-1517913342}} **''The Son Avenger: The Master of Hestviken'', {{ISBN|0-679-75552-7}}, re-titled in T. Nunnally's revised English translation as ''Olav Audunssøn (IV): Winter'', {{ISBN|978-1517915414}} * ''Ida Elisabeth'' (1932) **''[https://www.ignatius.com/Ida-Elisabeth-P1229.aspx Ida Elisabeth]'' (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2011), {{ISBN|1-58617-424-X}} * ''[[Stages on the Road]]'' is a collection of saints' lives, with a foreword by Elizabeth Scalia, and published in 2012. * ''[[The Wild Orchid (book)|The Wild Orchid]]'' is a novel set in twentieth century Norway and published in 1931. The title is in reference to the garden of the main character's mother. * ''The Burning Bush'' is a continuation of the novel The Wild Orchid and published in 1932. It examines the conflicts arising in the main character's life after his conversion to Catholicism. * ''Ida Elizabeth'' 1933. Cassell and Co. * ''The Longest Years'', 1935 * ''The Faithful Wife'', 1937 * ''Images in a Mirror'', 1938 * ''Madame Dorthea'', 1939 (First volume of uncompleted novel) * ''Catherine of Siena'' (1951). Sigrid Undset's Catherine of Siena is acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well known fourteenth-century saint. Undset based this factual work on primary sources, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart. [[Catherine of Siena]] was a favorite of Undset, who, like Catherine, was a Third Order Dominican. This novel was republished by Ignatius Press in 2009. **''[https://www.ignatius.com/Catherine-of-Siena-P221.aspx Catherine of Siena]'' (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2009), {{ISBN|978-1-58617-408-8}} ===Other works=== * ''Men, Women and Places'', a collection of critical essays, including 'Blasphemy', 'D. H. Lawrence', 'The Strongest Power', and 'Glastonbury'. Tr. Arthur G Chater, Cassel & Co., London. 1939. * ''[[Happy Times in Norway]]'', a memoir of her children's life in that country before the Nazi occupation, features a particularly moving and powerful preface about the simplicity and hardiness of Norway and its people, with a vow that it will return thus after the evil of Nazism is "swept clean." New York; Alfred A. Knopf. 1942. {{ISBN|978-0-313-21267-3}} *''[https://www.amazon.com/True-Untrue-Other-Norse-Tales/dp/1447449606/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&asin=144744924X&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1#detailBullets_feature_div True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales]'' 1945, by Alfred A Knopf. Reissued 2012 by Pook Press; {{ISBN|978-1447449607}} (hardcover) (based on the original stories collected by [[Moe and Asbjornsen]]). * ''Saga of Saints'', {{ISBN|0-8369-0959-3}}; {{ISBN|978-0-8369-0959-3}}. The coming of Christianity.--St. Sunniva and the Seljemen.--St. Olav, Norway's king to all eternity.--St. Hallvard.--St. Magnus, earl of the Orkney islands.--St. Eystein, archbishop of Nidaros.--St. Thorfinn, bishop of Hamar.--[http://barnabiteholiness.blogspot.com/p/charles-h-schilling.html Father Karl Schilling, Barnabite]. Chapter of this book also published as "A Priest From Norway, The Venerable Karl M. Schilling, CRSP" by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100923202727/http://catholic-church.org/barnabites/ Barnabite Fathers] through the [http://www.fatimashrine.com North American Voice of Fatima], Youngstown NY, July 1976.
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