{"product_id":"2940158778940","title":"Sigrid Undset Jenny","description":"\"She was twenty-eight, and she would not deny to herself that she longed to love and to be loved by a man, to nestle in his arms... Her blood was hot and she was yearning...\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidering its year of publication (1911), Jenny is a very modern novel indeed--a realist novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, Sigrid Undset. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a somber story that delves into the psychology of Jenny, an artist in her late 20s living a bohemian life and not sure why she's not dreaming of settling down. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigrid Undset concentrates on the protagonist's inner development and the way that she copes with her surroundings and her desires. Her use of stream of consciousness is an advanced stylistic device used to show Jenny's inner confusion and conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny Winge, is a talented Norwegian painter who journeys to Rome to seek inspiration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe and her friends spend their days pursuing their dreams and their evenings socializing in the city's restaurants. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny, unlike her sexually liberal friend Fransiska, vows to keep her virtue intact--until she falls in love with fellow Norwegian Helge Gramm, another Norwegian prowling Rome. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe allows herself to be captured against her better judgment, and what follows is an exploration of a woman caught between expectation and longing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmed with huge artistic talent and a positive outlook on life, Jenny makes one small mistake –a brief moment of love she's long been thirsting for – and loses all control over her own fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the affair sours, a disillusioned Jenny becomes involved with Helge's father, Gert, destroying both her artistic ambition and herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIGRID UNDSET (1882–1949) Norwegian author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known works are Jenny, published in 1911, and Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, as seen through the eyes of a woman from birth until her death. Its three volumes were published between 1920 and 1922.","brand":"Griffin Classic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104164069616,"sku":"2940158778940","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158778940_p0.jpg?v=1764119616","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158778940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}