The Snake Pit (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Sigrid Undset
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Late thirteenth, early fourteenth centuries
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Guilt, Adultery, Death or dying, Illegitimacy, Childbirth, Middle Ages, Thirteenth century, Fourteenth century, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Olav Audunsson, the master of Hestviken. Now married to Ingunn and returned, for the first time since the age of seven, to his home of Hestviken, he finds that the concealing of his murder of Ingunn’s lover Teit, which is necessary to protect Ingunn from shame, becomes increasingly burdensome. After her death, Olav must still keep her reputation spotless for the sake of his daughter.
Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, Olav’s wife, once beautiful but now frail and sickly. After she has four stillborn children, Olav brings to Hestviken from a foster home her...
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