Ingrid by Selma Lagerlöf
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Ingrid by Selma Lagerlöf is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in Sweden, it follows Gunnar Hede, a gifted violinist and heir desperate to save the Monnikshut estate, and Ingrid, a gentle orphan whose life intersects with his. Mixing folk-legend atmosphere with romance and moral struggle, it explores art, duty, love, and the pull of home. The opening follows Gunnar Hede in Uppsala as a blunt friend warns him
that his family estate is failing and his violin obsession has stalled his studies. After a street performance reveals his power to move crowds, Gunnar resolves to earn money, later taking to the road as a peddler; a disastrous winter drive with hundreds of goats and a broken engagement unhinge him, and he becomes the half-mad wanderer people call “Geitebok.” The scene shifts to Roglanda, where the dreamy, put-upon Ingrid, adopted by a poor pastor’s family, falls gravely ill, lapses into a trance, and is buried as if dead. On a blazing Sunday, the wandering Hede avoids the church, plays his violin by a fresh grave, and—troubled by a sound—unscrews the coffin, reviving Ingrid. Terrified of being seen in her shroud, she persuades him to hide her in his pack and carry her to the parsonage, arriving as the household prepares for her funeral. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pauli, Georg, 1855-1935 |
| Translator | Meijboom, Margaretha, 1856-1927 |
| Uniform Title | En herrgårdssägen. Dutch |
| Title | Ingrid |
| Original Publication | Amsterdam: H. J. W. Becht, 1905. |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Swedish fiction -- Translations into Dutch |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76739 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76739-0 |
| Release Date | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Last Update | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 134 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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