{"product_id":"madame-dorthea","title":"Madame Dorthea","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadame Dorthea\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of a wife and mother of eighteenth-century Norway whose happiness and security is thrown into disarray by a sudden and unforeseeable tragedy. In keeping with the creative skill and genius with which she produced the magnificent \u003ci\u003eMaster of Hestviken\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy (concluded in 1936, three years before the appearance of \u003ci\u003eMadame Dorthea\u003c\/i\u003e), Undset produces vivid tableaus of the social mores and practices of the time, as well as of the untamed grandeur of her native landscapes, before which unfolds a frank portrayal of the human experience in all its baseness and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith her, happiness had become an ingrained habit… She now thought she had borne happiness in her heart, sweetly and securely encased in her manifold wifely duties. Not without mortal pain could it be torn out of her being.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUndset’s final novel, completed and published amid the outbreak of World War II, \u003ci\u003eMadame Dorthea \u003c\/i\u003eis a fitting conclusion to a visionary career in liter­ature, replete as it is with the essential elements of her craft. In the words of one of Undset’s contemporaries, \u003ci\u003eMadame Dorothea \u003c\/i\u003estands as “an authentic ex­ample of her art.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset \u003c\/b\u003e(1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to the Catholic faith. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. A number of Undset’s books are available from Cluny, including the \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, the \u003ci\u003eMaster of Hestviken \u003c\/i\u003etetralogy, and \u003ci\u003eSaga of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970667\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197678481593,"sku":"978-1950970667","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/ProductImages_210.jpg?v=1794089257","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/madame-dorthea","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}