▁intellig ents ia , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁ad her ents ▁of ▁social ism ▁and ▁ ▁commun ism ▁The ▁attacks ▁against ▁her ▁faith ▁and ▁character ▁were ▁quite ▁v icious ▁at ▁times , ▁with ▁the ▁result ▁that ▁Und set ' s ▁literary ▁g ifts ▁were ▁ar oused ▁in ▁response . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁she ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁debate , ▁going ▁out ▁of ▁her ▁way ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church . ▁In ▁response , ▁she ▁was ▁swift ly ▁dub bed ▁" The ▁M ist ress ▁of ▁B jer ke b æ k " ▁and ▁" The ▁Catholic ▁Lady ". ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁this ▁cre ative ▁er u ption , ▁Und set ▁entered ▁cal mer ▁waters . ▁After ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁she ▁completed ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁nov els ▁set ▁in ▁contemporary ▁Os lo , ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁Catholic ▁element . ▁She ▁selected ▁her ▁them es ▁from ▁the ▁small ▁Catholic ▁community ▁in ▁Norway . ▁But ▁here ▁also , ▁the ▁main ▁theme ▁is ▁love . ▁She ▁also ▁published ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁weight y ▁historical ▁works ▁which ▁put ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Norway ▁into ▁a ▁so ber ▁perspective . ▁In ▁addition , ▁she ▁translated ▁several ▁I cel and ic ▁sag as ▁into ▁Modern ▁Norwegian ▁and ▁published ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁literary ▁ess ays , ▁mainly ▁on ▁English ▁literature , ▁of ▁which ▁a ▁long ▁ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Br ont ë ▁sister s , ▁and ▁one ▁on ▁D . ▁H . ▁Lawrence , ▁are ▁especially ▁worth ▁mention ing . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1