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Invisible Links

Chapter 3: Selma Lagerlöf
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A collection of short narratives and legends that weave together intimate village sketches, folktale motifs, and moments of domestic wonder. The pieces move between affectionate portraits of everyday life and episodes of moral surprise, where loss, longing, and memory intersect with quiet miracles and ironic turns. The tone shifts from playful humor to tender gravity, showing how chance encounters, inherited stories, and small misfortunes reveal enduring ties and reshape ordinary lives.

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Title: Invisible Links

Author: Selma Lagerlöf

Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach

Release date: December 6, 2004 [eBook #14273]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Nicole Apostola

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Invisible Links

Translated from the Swedish of

Selma Lagerlöf

Author of “The Story of Gösta Berling,” “The Miracles of Antichrist,” etc.
by

Pauline Bancroft Flach


Contents

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
MOTHER’S PORTRAIT
A FALLEN KING
A CHRISTMAS GUEST
UNCLE REUBEN
DOWNIE
AMONG THE CLIMBING ROSES