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The Treasure

The Treasure

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Number of Chapters: 10

Length: 2 hours and 41 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 Treasure (Herr Arnes penningar) is a fairly short Novel, both a Drama and a Ghost Story. Published in 1904 and the English translation in 1923. The story is set in Bohuslaen on the West coast of Sweden in the middle of the 16th Century. Herr Arne, the old Parson in Solberga and all his household are brutally murdered, and his great Treasure stolen. The only survivor is Elsalill, the orphaned foster daughter. On her lies the burden to find out the murderers. She wants revenge, but falls in love with one of the murderers, who she must betray. Another important figure in the story is Torarin an old Fish hawker, who takes in Elsalill in his house after the murders, and Torarin’s dog, Grim, and also Elsalill’s dead foster sister. (Summary by Lars Rolander)

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Chapter I - At Solberga Parsonage (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter II - On the Quays (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter III - The Messenger (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter IV - In the Moonlight (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter V - Haunted (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter VI - In the Town Cellars (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter VII - Unrest (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter VIII - Sir Archie's Flight (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter IX - Over the Ice (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
Chapter X - The Roar of the Waves (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
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