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The Story of Gösta Berling

Selma Lagerlöf

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1891
Originally in
Originally in Swedish
Pages
Pages 450

Wolves come out of the dark after a sleigh crossing the ice of Lake Löven, and the man at the reins is a priest turned out of his parish for drunkenness. Gösta Berling is beautiful, ruinous, and loved past all reason by the people he damages.

At last the minister stood in the pulpit.
The Story of Gösta Berling, Selma Lagerlöf

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