Hemsöborna by August Strindberg
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"Hemsöborna" by August Strindberg is a novel published in 1887. When the enterprising Carlsson arrives at Hemsö to manage a widow's farm, he quickly clashes with her resentful son while transforming the struggling estate. Carlsson's ambitions lead him from courtship rejection to an unexpected marriage with the widow herself, but his roving eye toward the servant girls sets off a chain of events during a harsh winter. Set in the Stockholm archipelago,
this raw portrayal of rural life sparked controversy and resulted in Strindberg being banned from the island community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Strindberg, August, 1849-1912 |
|---|---|
| Title | Hemsöborna |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People_of_Hems%C3%B6 Wikipedia page about this book: sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hems%C3%B6borna |
| Credits |
Produced by Ronnie Sahlberg, and Project Runeberg for providing the scans. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Swedish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Farm life -- Sweden -- Fiction |
| Subject | Islands -- Sweden -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 30078 |
| Release Date | Sep 25, 2009 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 533 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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