Legendoja Kristuksesta by Selma Lagerlöf

"Legendoja Kristuksesta" by Selma Lagerlöf is a collection of stories written in the early 20th century. The work presents various narratives centered around the life of Jesus Christ and offers a mix of folklore, legend, and religious themes. The stories are deeply rooted in a combination of spiritual reflection and human experience, exploring the connections between the divine and the mundane. The opening of the collection introduces a young narrator reflecting on the profound sorrow experienced at the death of their grandmother, who often recounted stories and sung songs to the children. This loss is marked by a nostalgic longing for the enchanting tales she would tell, particularly one about the birth of Jesus. With this backdrop, a sense of innocence and charm is established, setting the stage for the retelling of Christ's legends, as the narrator recalls a special Christmas moment spent alone with their grandmother, leading into the recounting of a narrative that conveys both warmth and spiritual significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Read or download for free

For an overview of the different reading options, see our Reading Guide

Reading Options Url Size
Read now! https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.html.images 356 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.epub3.images 195 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.epub.images 199 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.epub.noimages 186 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.kf8.images 392 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.kindle.images 370 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48658.txt.utf-8 323 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/48658/pg48658-h.zip 196 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940
Translator Krohn, Helmi, 1871-1967
Uniform Title Kristuslegender. Finnish
Title Legendoja Kristuksesta
Contents Pyhä yö -- Keisarin näky -- Tietäjien kaivo -- Betlehemin lapset -- Pako Egyptiin -- Nasaretissa -- Temppelissä -- Pyhän Veronikan hikiliina -- Punatulkku -- Vapahtaja ja Pyhä Pietari -- Liekki.
Credits Produced by Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 49.7 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Short stories
Subject Jesus Christ -- Fiction
Subject Jesus Christ -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 48658
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 275 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!