Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross (Volume III) Edgar Allison Peers that we are without understanding

that we are without understanding of ourselves

simultaneously

disdaining both the crass excesses of the world and the pusillanimous explications found even among Christians

(The Gospel of Matthew)

Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross (Volume III) Edgar Allison Peers that we are without understandingBy Sigrid Undset Translated by Charles Archer The Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, Sigrid Undsets most famous work, is the story of an ordinary womans life in fourteenth century Norway. The CrossVolume III of Kristin Lavransdatterfollows Kristin as she returns to her childhood home of Jrundgaard, weathering destitution, disrepute, and strifeeven in her marriage. The one constant for Kristin is the Cross: bearing the weight of life, joy mixed grief, in