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Mrs. Undset's Tetralogy
Lohrke, Eugene | September 10, 1930 issue

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The article presents information on the book "The Son Avenger," by Sigrid Undset. The book traces the fortune of the Master of Hestviken through destinies of his daughter and adopted son to a final tragic close. The theme of the tetralogy, that vengeance is God's alone, is rounded out in character's tragic death and repentance. The ending is persuasive and beautiful. Undset writes of the North countries in their heroic age and it is difficult to see how any other place but the North could have produced her. "The Son Avenger" brings out her method and temperament very clearly. It is a less graceful story than "The Axe" and also far less gracious. But it also contains some of the author's finest descriptive writing.

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SON Avenger, The (Book); UNDSET, Sigrid; FATE & fatalism; DAUGHTERS; GOD; REVENGE; DEATH; REPENTANCE
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