”From a Swedish Homestead” by the Swedish author Selma Lagerloef (translated by Jessie Brochner) is a varied collection of stories, mostly set in Dalarne or Vaermland in Sweden, but also some stories or legends from Kungahalla on the west-coast at the time between Heathendom and early Christianity plus some Legends from Italy and Belgium. The first nine sections, “The Story of a Country House”, is a short Novel, originally published on its own, but here part of the collection. It is the story of how a young orphan girl, Ingrid, is the instrument of saving the student Gunnar Hede, who has lost his wits and memory by a terrible experience, trying to save his home, his Couyntry House, and who wanders the roads as a Pedlar, but at the same time afraid of most everything, especially animals. As told by Lagerloef it is a both fascinating and sweet story, as are all the others.
Latest episodes of the podcast From a Swedish Homestead by Selma Lagerlöf
- 01 - The Story of a Country House - Part 1
- 02 - The Story of a Country House - Part 2
- 03 - The Story of a Country House - Part 3
- 04 - The Story of a Country House - Part 4
- 05 - The Story of a Country House - Part 5
- 06 - The Story of a Country House - Part 6
- 07 - The Story of a Country House - Part 7
- 08 - The Story of a Country House - Part 8
- 09 - The Story of a Country House - Part 9
- 10 - Queens at Kungahalla - On the Site of the Great Kungahalla - The Forest Queen
- 11 - Queens at Kungahalla - Sigrid Storrade
- 12 - Queens at Kungahalla - Astrid - Part 1
- 13 - Queens at Kungahalla - Astrid - Part 2
- 14 - Queens at Kungahalla - Astrid - Part 3
- 15 - Old Agnete
- 16 - The Fisherman's Ring - Part 1
- 17 - The Fisherman's Ring - Part 2
- 18 - Santa Caterina of Siena
- 19 - The Empress's Money-Chest
- 20 - The Peace of God
- 21 - A Story from Halstanäs
- 22 - The Inscription on the Grave
- 23 - The Brothers