The Emperor of Portugallia by Selma Lagerlöf
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"The Emperor of Portugallia" by Selma Lagerlöf is a novel published in 1914. Set in rural Värmland, it tells the story of Jan, a tenant farmer whose love for his daughter Glory Goldie transforms into obsession after she moves to Stockholm and stops writing. When letters cease, Jan retreats into fantasy, imagining himself as a great Emperor and his daughter as an empress. In his delusions, he challenges social hierarchies while awaiting
her return, unaware of her true circumstances in the city. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Howard, Velma Swanston, 1868-1937 |
| Uniform Title | Kejsarn av Portugallien. English |
| Title | The Emperor of Portugallia |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_of_Portugallia |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Nicole Apostola |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sweden -- Fiction |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14356 |
| Release Date | Dec 15, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 442 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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