Madame Dorthea spo-disabled suffers a crisis of confidence

suffers a crisis of confidence and flees into anonymity

Described by The London Times as “one of the most distinguished Catholic philosophers of his day

and it is in the Now that He is present to all things

Paperback: 380pp

(Paul Claudel)

Madame Dorthea spo-disabled suffers a crisis of confidenceBy Sigrid Undset Madame Dorthea is the story of a wife and mother of eighteenth century Norway whose happiness and security is thrown into disarray by a sudden and unforeseeable tragedy. In keeping with the creative skill and genius with which she produced the magnificent Master of Hestviken tetralogy (concluded in 1936, three years before the appearance of Madame Dorthea), Undset produces vivid tableaus of the social mores and practices of the time,