THE RING
OF THE LÖWENSKÖLDS
Including
The General's Ring
Charlotte Löwensköld
Anna Svärd
by
Selma Lagerlöf
Details: This book is a trilogy combining all three parts in one volume, though each is paginated separately. Decorated endpapers.
Selma Lagerlof was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature, in 1909.
The General's Ring
"A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave, as a stolen ring brings suffering and violent death to innocent and guilty alike until it is restored to its rightful owner in his tomb." "Here the seed is sown for the curse that rests on Lagerlöf's trilogy with consequences for the two following parts of the novel: Charlotte Löwensköld and Anna Svärd."
Charlotte Löwensköld:
"Charlotte Löwensköld works in the rectory on Korsyka. There she met the young assistant priest Karl-Artur Ekenstedt and became engaged to him; ready to live a life full of hardships. But the rich mine owner Schlagerström is also in love with Charlotte and asks for her hand in marriage. Charlotte refuses because she loves Karl-Artur, but due to some misunderstandings, Karl-Artur is forced to break off the engagement between the two. Charlotte desperately tries to convince Karl-Artur of her love and not to be influenced by his humiliations."
Anna Svärd:
"The main characters are the young priest Karl Artur Ekenstedt and his wife, Anna Svärd, whom he considers to have received God's command to marry, this after his relationship with Charlotte Löwensköld was broken. The story also weaves in many episodes alongside the action - fairy tales and folk tales - in Lagerlöf's characteristic narrative style."
A fine addition for your bookshelf!
Condition: Corner tips worn through and a little fraying at spine ends, cover a bit soiled, former owner's impressed stamp in the front, does not appear to have been a library book but something was pasted and removed from the rear endpaper, some smudges to the title page and a damp stain on the upper page margin of approximately the last third of the book, overall in good-minus condition with a solid binding and clean pages.
Note: The letter/number at the end of the title line
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