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The Emperor of Portugallia

The Emperor of Portugallia

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Number of Chapters: 26

Length: 7 hours and 10 minutes

Language: English

Selma Lagerlöf was born in Vaermland, Sweden, in 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Prize in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Emperor of Portugallia was first Published 1914 in Sweden, and 1916 in English, translated by Velma Swanston Howard. The Story i set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870. In the centre is Jan of Ruffluck Croft. He loves his daughter more than anything, but when she moves to Stockholm and never sends a word home about her doings, he sinks into a dream-world where she is a noble Empress of Portugallia. And he believes himself to be Emperor too. His whole world and all his thoughts are dominated by the thoughts of her return and what will happen then. In the role of Emperor in the poor forest country where he lives he can question the social hierarchies around him, and dressed in his Royal regalia he sits in the frontbench in the Church, and he takes the place of honour at Parties etc. After 15 years his daughter returns home and is shocked to see what a mad clown her father has become and .... (Summary by Lars Rolander)

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01-The Beating Heart - Glory Goldie Sunnycastle (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
02 - The Christening - The Vaccination Bee (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
03 - The Birthday - Christmas Morn (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
04 - Glory Goldie's Illness - Calling on Relatives (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
05 - The School Examination - The Contest (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
06 - Fishing (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
07 - Agrippa - Forbidden Fruit (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
08 - Lars Gunnarson - The Red Dress (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
09 - The New Master - On the Mountain-top (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
10 - The Eve of Departure - At the Pier (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
11 - The Letter - August Dar Nol (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
12 - October the First - The Dream Begins (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
13 - Heirlooms - Clothed in Satin (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
14 - Stars - Waiting (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
15 - The Empress - The Emperor (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
16 - The Emperor's Song - The Seventeenth of August (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
17 - Katrina and Jan - Bjorn Hindrickson's Funeral (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
18 - The Dying Heart – Deposed (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
19 - The Catechetical Meeting (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
20 - An Old Troll (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
21 - The Sunday after Midsummer (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
22 - Summernight - The Emperor's Consort (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
23 - The Welcome Greeting (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
24 - The Flight (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
25 - Held! - Jan's Last Words (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
26 - The Passing of Katrina - The Burial of the Emperor (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
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