![]() ![]() ![]() A nd as I recently sat in my car, with tears streaming down my face, finishing the final pages of Kristin Lavransdatter, I realized that this was “my moment” for experiencing this matchless work.Īt the heart of this novel is the dual reality of the predictability of sin and the juxtaposed necessity of forgiveness. While I admired her enthusiasm and intensity, her sister Elinor’s superior self-possession and long-suffering spirit ultimately provided a warranted check to my fevered impulses (which I had thus far foolishly assumed were governed by indisputable “sense”). As a young adult, I empathized with Sense and Sensibility’s Marianne Dashwood, whose passionate conviction and burning, sometimes misapplied, desire to discard artifice and insincerity won my youthful appreciation. ![]() ![]() As I have previously mentioned, the antics and growth of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables fashioned my girlhood, as her unconventional ways, boundless ambition, and love of beauty sparked my desire to strive for virtue and loveliness in all aspects of life. The profundity and power of the written word in shaping characters and souls, influencing thoughts and opinions, and awakening imaginations and consciences, never ceases to amaze me. ![]()
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