Marta Oulie Undset depicts the life of a middle-class housewife who has become involved in an affair with her husband’s friend. Marta Oulie) and Den lykkelige alder (The Happy Age), a collection of short stories about middle-class women in contemporary Norway.Įarly Themes Undset’s early fiction is a window into the experiences of middle-class Norwegians at the turn of the century. During this decade she began to write, and in 19 she published her first two books, the novel Fru marta Oulie (Mrs. From 1899 until 1909 Undset attended a commercial school in Kristiania and then worked as a secretary in an office.
After Undset’s father died in 1893, her mother raised her daughters in more difficult conditions. In 1884 the family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Her father was an archaeologist, and the family lived a comfortable uppermiddle-class lifestyle. The Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset was born in Kalundborg, in western Denmark, the eldest of three daughters.
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