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“She had wanted to change herself so that she could slip in among other people, although she had always known she would remain a stranger because she was not one of them. But she couldn’t bear to be alone, trapped by her own nature. She had violated her own nature. And her relationship to those people, who were so profoundly different from her, had become detestable and perverse. And now, afterward … her own innermost soul had been destroyed by it, every anchor she had within herself had failed … and crumbled. She was disintegrating from the inside.”

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Book:Jenny

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Jenny

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Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist renowned for her historical novels set in medieval Norway. She is most celebrated for her 'Kristin Lavransdatter' trilogy, which earned her the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Her works often delve into themes of morality, faith, and social justice. more

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