Madame Dorthea

Undset, Sigrid; Trans. Arthur G. Chater

ISBN 10: 1950970663 / ISBN 13: 9781950970667

Edité par Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940

A propos de cet article

First American Edition (stated) First Printing in original $2.50-priced dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright & unfoxed, jacket shows slight shelf rub & quiet soil, quiet creases to spine ends, else Fine; 8vo; 351pp.

N° de réf. du vendeur 32290

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Madame Dorthea
• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Date de parution: 1940
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1950970663
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781950970667
• Reliure: Hard Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good+
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Fiction / Literature

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Synopsis

Madame Dorthea, a powerful period piece set in eighteenth-century Norway, follows the title character as her 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 Master of Hestviken tetralogy (concluded in 1936, three years before the appearance of Madame Dorthea), 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.