Classic Love Stories

Story of Gösta Berling

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  • 1898 first published
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Selma Lagerlöf's Story of Gösta Berling (1898) is a classic romance novel.

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About Story of Gösta Berling

"The Story of Gösta Berling" was published in Sweden in 1894 and immediately brought its author into prominence. The tales are founded on actual occurrences and depict the life in the province of Värmland at the beginning of the 19th Century century. Värmland is a lonely tract in the southern part of Sweden, and has retained many of its old customs, while mining is the principal industry of its sparse population. It consists of great stretches of forest, sloping down to long, narrow lakes, connected by rivers. Miss Lagerlöf has grown up in the midst of the wild legends of her country, and, deeply imbued with their spirit, interprets them with a living force all her own. (Summary from the foreword by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
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Who wrote Story of Gösta Berling?

Story of Gösta Berling was written by Selma Lagerlöf and first published in 1898.

What genre is Story of Gösta Berling?

It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

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What books are similar to Story of Gösta Berling?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Turn of the Screw and She.

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