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6 de jun. de 2016 · The characters from Charlotte Löwensköld, the second book in the trilogy, reappear in this novel, and the curse that has rested upon the Löwenskölds relating to the eponymous ring comes to fulfillment. Anna Svärd focuses on what makes a relationship, and what creates or destroys a family.
- Anna Svärd
Pages: 330. Published: 2016. Series: B No. 68. Paperback....
- Anna Svärd
Bonniers. Publication date. 1928. Published in English. 1931. Pages. 441. Anna Svärd is a 1928 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. It is the last installment in Lagerlöf's Ring trilogy, where it follows The Löwensköld Ring and Charlotte Löwensköld.
- Sweden
- Velma Swanston Howard
- Swedish
- Selma Lagerlöf
8 de mar. de 2023 · Anna Svärd is Lagerlöf’s last work of fiction and the final volume in her Löwensköld Trilogy. First published in Swedish in 1928 and translated for Norvik Press by Linda Schenck, it completes the family cycle of the preceding two volumes, The Löwensköld Ring and Charlotte Löwensköld , and combines a compelling account of ...
The question of motherhood and the fates of the children with whom the characters engage is another theme. The reader goes on to follow Charlotte, Karl-Artur, Thea and their families, familiar from the previous volume, through this compact novel as it moves relentlessly toward a chilling dénoument.
The collision of expectations between the priest obsessed with poverty wanting a wife to fit this bill and the working class woman eager to marry into a better life is the foundation of this novel, and it’s pretty heart-wrenching following the marriage. Around this core Lagerlöf continues to wrap her theme of reconciliation and forgiveness.
The curse on the Lowenskold family comes to fruition in unexpected ways in this final volume of the Lowenskold cycle. Anna Svard is also very much a novel of women's struggle toward finding fulfillment. The Lowenskold Ring resonates with 'beggars ... Read more
