Sigrid Undset's "Kristin Lavransdatter"

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Has anyone read Sigrid Undset's trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter, a historical novel that takes place in medieval Norway? I learned of it when I was doing some reading about Norway about a year ago. I have heard many good things about it, but haven't tackled it yet due to its large size (over a thousand pages in total).

I did a search and couldn't find any discussion on this, and was curious about whether it was a good read, and any other thoughts on it.

Thank you very much!

[Walter]

It is sitting right here on my desk, one of my nobler aspirations, but as yet not even started. Nobel Prize winner at that!
The plot summary I have seen suggests to me that it is a 'slow' novel, which is why I have it, but may not be to everybody's taste.
Some day I will get started.

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It is sitting right here on my desk, one of my nobler aspirations, but as yet not even started. Nobel Prize winner at that!
The plot summary I have seen suggests to me that it is a 'slow' novel, which is why I have it, but may not be to everybody's taste.
Some day I will get started.

Yea, it certainly seems slow! I read the first few pages at the bookstore, and it does look like it will be very good. The nice thing is that it's in 3 volumes, so I could always take a break after reading one of them.

I think I will start this one in the summer.

[Walter]

As I understand it, that would get you one-third of the way through her life.