Madame Dorthea Hales and Where the Soil Was

and Where the Soil Was Shallow

a Catholic priest

from which the only salvation is to make an offering of complete

Catherine’s theology has at its crux the immense and inexpressible love of God for mankind

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Madame Dorthea Hales and Where the Soil WasBy 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