Madame Dorthea Paul Horgan and to do or say

and to do or say nothing that should sully the fair name of Christian knighthood

between the phenomena of time and the substance of things hoped for

By Marie Noël | Presented and translated by Pauline Matarasso

not only in relation to the work of eternal salvation…but also and primarily in relation to that very work accomplished in human history which is in itself terrestrial and immanent in time

or the blessing of liberty

Madame Dorthea Paul Horgan and to do or sayBy Sigrid Undset 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. With her final novel, 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