The Treasure

THE TREASURE

SELMA LAGERLOF

The Treasure

by Selma Lagerl6f (1858-1940)

Selma Lagerlof was born in 1858 in Vaermland,
Sweden, and enjoyed a long and very successful
career as a writer, receiving the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in
1940. The Treasure (Herr Arnes penningar) is
both a drama and a ghost story. It was
published in 1904, with an English translation in
1923. The story is set in Bohuslaen on the West
coast of Sweden in the middle of the 16th
Century. Herr Arne, the old Parson in Solberga,
and all his household are brutally murdered, and
his great treasure stolen. The only survivor is

Elsalill, the orphaned foster daughter. On her lies the burden to find the
murderers. She wants revenge, but falls in love with one of the murderers,
whom she must betray.

Total running time: 2:41:18
Read by Lars Rolander

acoustical liberation of books Cover design by Kathryn Delaney

in the public domain Painting by Joachim Beuckelaer, Kitchen Interior (detail),

1566

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