Gösta Berling is a defrocked Lutheran priest who has been saved by the Mistress of Ekeby from freezing to death on the snowy shores of Lake Fryken (Lake Löven in the story) in Värmland and thereupon becomes one of her pensioners in the manor at Ekeby, where the storyline of the novel begins to unfold and is later on filled with many wild adventures. Using wolves, snow, supernatural elements and eccentric upper-class characters to project an exotic image of 1820s Värmland, the novel can be...
Im Mittelpunkt der Handlung, welche die einzelnen Kapitel lose verknüpft, steht der Titelheld – ein wegen Trunksucht abgesetzter Geistlicher, der auf dem värmländischen Gut Ekeby zum Anführer mehrerer entwurzelter Männer aus besseren Kreisen wird, hauptsächlich abgedankter Offiziere. Mit Spielen, Musik und Liebesaffären vertreiben sie sich während der Abwesenheit der Gutsherrin die Zeit – bis Berling sich in die schöne Elisabeth Dohna verliebt, die gegen ihren Willen verheiratet werden soll,...
Invisible Links is a collection of short stories with an underlying theme about the links that influence and guide people's actions and lives. The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord The Legend of the Bird's Nest The King's Grave The Outlaws The Legend of Reor Valdemar Atterdag Mamsell Fredrika The Romance of a Fisherman's Wife His Mother's Portrait A Fallen King A Christmas Guest Uncle Reuben Downie Among the Climbing Roses
Invisible Links is a collection of short stories with an underlying theme about the links that influence and guide people's actions and lives. The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord The Legend of the Bird's Nest The King's Grave The Outlaws The Legend of Reor Valdemar Atterdag Mamsell Fredrika The Romance of a Fisherman's Wife His Mother's Portrait A Fallen King A Christmas Guest Uncle Reuben Downie Among the Climbing Roses
Invisible Links is a collection of short stories with an underlying theme about the links that influence and guide people's actions and lives. The Spirit of Fasting and Petter Nord The Legend of the Bird's Nest The King's Grave The Outlaws The Legend of Reor Valdemar Atterdag Mamsell Fredrika The Romance of a Fisherman's Wife His Mother's Portrait A Fallen King A Christmas Guest Uncle Reuben Downie Among the Climbing Roses
"Jerusalem" by Selma Lagerlöf (translated by Velma Swanston Howard). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
"Jerusalem" by Selma Lagerlöf (translated by Velma Swanston Howard). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
Jerusalem is a novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. It is based on a real emigration that took place from the parish of Nås in 1896. The narrative spans several generations in the 19th century, and focuses on several families in Dalarna, Sweden, and a community of Swedish emigrants in Jerusalem. Lagerlöf's visit in 1900 to the American Colony in Jerusalem became the inspiration for the book. The royal family and the Swedish Academy gave her substantial financial support to continue...
Die Nobelpreisträgerin für Literatur verfasste religiöse, fantasievolle und heimatverbundene Werke und Legenden & Erzählungen. Diese wurden im vorliegenden Buch zusammengestellt. Wir lesen: Die Prinzessin von Babylonien und andere Erzählungen (Die Prinzessin von Babylonien, Magister Frykstedt, Das Heinzelmännchen von Töreby, Der Totenschädel, Wie der Adjunkt die Pfarrerstochter bekam, Zur Auswanderungsfrage, Der Sonnenfinsternistag, Die Legende des Luziatags, Der Artillerist) Stimmungen...