. ▁During ▁the ▁years ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁Und set ▁published ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁nov els ▁set ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Krist ian ia . ▁Her ▁contemporary ▁nov els ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁ 1 9 0 7 – 1 9 1 8 ▁are ▁about ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁its ▁inhabitants . ▁They ▁are ▁stories ▁of ▁working ▁people , ▁of ▁trivial ▁family ▁destin ies , ▁of ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁parents ▁and ▁children . ▁Her ▁main ▁subjects ▁are ▁women ▁and ▁their ▁love . ▁Or , ▁as ▁she ▁herself ▁put ▁it — in ▁her ▁typically ▁cur t ▁and ▁ir onic ▁manner — " the ▁imm oral ▁kind " ▁( of ▁love ). ▁ ▁This ▁real istic ▁period ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁nov els ▁Jen ny ▁( 1 9 1 1 ) ▁and ▁V aar en ▁( Spring ) ▁( 1 9 1 4 ). ▁The ▁first ▁is ▁about ▁a ▁woman ▁painter ▁who , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁rom antic ▁cr ises , ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁she ▁is ▁was ting ▁her ▁life , ▁and , ▁in ▁the ▁end , ▁commits ▁suic ide . ▁The ▁other ▁tells ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁succeed s ▁in ▁saving ▁both ▁herself ▁and ▁her ▁love ▁from ▁a ▁serious ▁mat rim onial ▁crisis , ▁finally ▁creating ▁a ▁secure ▁family . ▁These ▁books ▁placed ▁Und set ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁in cip ient ▁women ' s ▁em an cip ation ▁movement ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Und set ' s ▁books ▁sold ▁well ▁from ▁the ▁start , ▁and , ▁after ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁her ▁third