"_PUQ Providence_NP0 "_PUQ follows_VVZ "_PUQ Vows_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ the_AT0 first_ORD volume_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Nobel-Prize-winning_NP0 Sigrid_NP0 Undset_NP0 's_POS tetrology_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Olav_NP0 Audunsson_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ set_VVD in_PRP the_AT0 13th_ORD century_NN1 and_CJC published_VVN in_PRP Norwegian_NN1 in_PRP 1925_CRD and_CJC 1927._CRD The_AT0 books_NN2 ,_PUN translated_VVN into_PRP English_NN1 soon_AV0 after_CJS as_PRP "_PUQ The_AT0 Master_NN1 of_PRF Hestviken_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ are_VBB now_AV0 being_VBG re-translated_VVN by_PRP Tiina_NP0 Nunnally_NP0 ,_PUN bringing_VVG the_AT0 same_DT0 clarity_NN1 and_CJC sparkle_NN1 she_PNP brought_VVD to_PRP Undset_NP0 's_POS "_PUQ Kristin_NP0 Lavransdatter_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ "_PUQ Providence_NP0 "_PUQ contends_VVZ with_PRP the_AT0 ramifications_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 bitter_AJ0 legacy_NN1 left_VVN by_PRP "_PUQ Vows_NN2 "_PUQ :_PUN a_AT0 disputed_AJ0 betrothal_NN1 ,_PUN two_CRD murders_NN2 —_PUN one_PNI admitted_VVD ,_PUN one_PNI not_XX0 —_PUN exile_NN1 ,_PUN seduction_NN1 turned_VVD to_TO0 rape_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC attempted_AJ0 suicide_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP opens_VVZ with_PRP Olav_NP0 returning_VVG to_PRP his_DPS estate_NN1 ,_PUN Hestviken_NP0 ,_PUN with_PRP Ingunn_NP0 ,_PUN his_DPS childhood_NN1 sweetheart_NN1 ,_PUN now_AV0 wife_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC ,_PUN gallingly_AV0 ,_PUN mother_NN1 of_PRF another_DT0 man_NN1 's_POS child_NN1 ._SENT Ingunn_NP0 has_VHZ left_VVN her_DPS infant_NN1 son_NN1 ,_PUN Eirik_NP0 ,_PUN to_TO0 be_VBI raised_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 peasant_NN1 woman_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 expedient_NN1 that_CJT preys_VVZ on_PRP her_DPS mind_NN1 ._SENT Once_CJS a_AT0 blithesome_AJ0 ,_PUN headstrong_AJ0 girl_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP buckles_VVZ under_PRP adversity_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP suffers_VVZ miscarriages_NN2 and_CJC an_AT0 infant_NN1 death_NN1 ,_PUN considering_VVG the_AT0 tragedies_NN2 punishment_NN1 for_PRP abandoning_VVG her_DPS son_NN1 ._SENT Wracked_VVN by_PRP guilt_NN1 and_CJC lacking_VVG fortitude_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP becomes_VVZ an_AT0 infirm_AJ0 ,_PUN peevish_AJ0 ,_PUN jealous_AJ0 burden_NN1 on_PRP Olav_NP0 ._SENT Except_CJS intermittently_AV0 ,_PUN theirs_PNP is_VBZ not_XX0 a_AT0 happy_AJ0 home_NN1 ._SENT Though_CJS Olav_NP0 has_VHZ married_VVN Ingunn_NP0 out_AVP of_PRF a_AT0 felt_NN1 duty_NN1 to_TO0 protect_VVI her_PNP ,_PUN it_PNP enrages_VVZ him_PNP every_AT0 time_NN1 he_PNP thinks_VVZ of_PRF what_DTQ he_PNP considers_VVZ her_DPS betrayal_NN1 ._SENT Nonetheless_AV0 ,_PUN deep_AV0 in_PRP his_DPS inalterable_AJ0 being_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP loves_VVZ her_PNP and_CJC in_PRP an_AT0 attempt_NN1 to_TO0 heal_VVI her_DPS agony_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP brings_VVZ Eirik_NP0 to_TO0 live_VVI with_PRP them_PNP ._SENT For_PRP the_AT0 sake_NN1 of_PRF their_DPS honor_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP claims_VVZ that_CJT the_AT0 boy_NN1 is_VBZ theirs_PNP ,_PUN conceived_VVD before_CJS they_PNP were_VBD able_AJ0 to_TO0 marry_VVI legally_AV0 ._SENT This_DT0 adds_VVZ to_PRP the_AT0 novel_NN1 's_POS great_AJ0 mesh_NN1 of_PRF conundrums_NN2 :_PUN His_DPS unconfessed_AJ0 second_ORD murder_NN1 put_VVD him_PNP at_PRP odds_NN2 with_PRP both_DT0 Christian_AJ0 strictures_NN2 and_CJC Norse_NN1 codes_NN2 of_PRF honor_NN1 ;_PUN furthermore_AV0 ,_PUN in_PRP Eirik_NP0 ,_PUN he_PNP has_VHZ put_VVN a_AT0 cuckoo_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 nest_NN1 ,_PUN disinheriting_VVG any_DT0 natural_AJ0 son_NN1 he_PNP might_VM0 have_VHI ,_PUN or_CJC if_CJS none_PNI ,_PUN his_DPS nearest_AJS kin_NN0 ,_PUN the_AT0 legitimate_AJ0 future_NN1 heirs_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 estate_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ an_AT0 unforgivable_AJ0 offense_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 society_NN1 founded_VVN in_PRP blood_NN1 duty_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 is_VBZ a_AT0 hard_AJ0 ,_PUN grueling_AJ0 novel_NN1 ,_PUN especially_AV0 as_CJS it_PNP follows_VVZ Ingunn_NP0 's_POS volatile_AJ0 moods_NN2 from_PRP moments_NN2 of_PRF happiness_NN1 and_CJC calm_NN1 to_PRP frenzies_NN2 of_PRF guilt_NN1 ,_PUN shame_NN1 ,_PUN sorrow_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC regret_VVB ._SENT But_CJC it_PNP is_VBZ also_AV0 engrossing_AJ0 in_PRP its_DPS many_DT0 side_NN1 stories_NN2 ,_PUN its_DPS astute_AJ0 excavation_NN1 of_PRF character_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 wiles_NN2 of_PRF motivation_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC its_DPS brilliant_AJ0 evocation_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 natural_AJ0 world_NN1 ._SENT If_CJS the_AT0 novel_NN1 has_VHZ a_AT0 theme_NN1 ,_PUN it_PNP revolves_VVZ around_PRP the_AT0 problem_NN1 of_PRF happiness_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 place_NN1 of_PRF fortitude_NN1 ._SENT 
