I think his final book of the <I>Kristin Lavransdatter</I> series is the best of all, because it's where the threads of the many interwoven lives, not just Kristin's, are resolved. The books in this trilogy are not as self-contained as the books in other multivolume novel series I've read, such as for example <I>Anne of Green Gables</I> or <I>The Chronicles of Narnia</I>. In those you can read just some of the books, or mix up the order, and it doesn't really affect your enjoyment of the books. Not so for <I>Kristin Lavransdatter</I>, which is really best treated as one long novel instead of three separate ones. I know I will be reading this series again, as there was so much to take in! My favorite novels are always the ones that seem to create a whole world that feels real in my imagination, and Sigrid Undset definitely excels in this.
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