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The narrative traces a charismatic, disgraced clergyman whose dismissal leads him to become the center of an unruly circle of cavaliers and outcasts gathered at a decaying manor. Episodic chapters mix passionate romances, comic revelry and strained moral reckonings as the household's fortunes and relationships shift. Folklore and supernatural intrusions mingle with vivid landscape portraits, local customs and music, producing a tapestry of mythic anecdotes and personal transformations. Themes of pride, exile, love, repentance and social contrast recur, culminating in varied paths toward ruin or redemption for different characters, while the story continually returns to the manor as a stage for fate and human frailty.

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Title: Gösta Berling

Creator: Selma Lagerlöf

Translator: Margaretha Meijboom

Release date: May 25, 2011 [eBook #36225]
Most recently updated: January 13, 2023

Language: Dutch

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Gösta Berling

Gösta Berling
Derde Druk
Amsterdam
H. J. W. Becht
1901

Typ: Zuid-Holl. Boek en Handelsdrukkerij.