{"product_id":"the-story-of-gosta-berling","title":"The Story of Gösta Berling","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA defrocked priest. A house of fallen cavaliers. And the winter that changed everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eSelma Lagerlöf's debut novel is a wild, romantic epic of nineteenth-century Sweden—a story of redemption, folly, and the strange beauty of those who have lost everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eGösta Berling is a young priest with a brilliant future. He is also a drunk. When his alcoholism leads him to preach a sermon in a drunken stupor, he is defrocked and cast out. Broken and penniless, he wanders the wintry roads of Värmland until he is taken in by the Mistress of Ekeby, a powerful ironmaster who rules over a decaying estate and the collection of fallen gentlemen who live there—the \"cavaliers.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAmong them are swordsmen, gamblers, poets, and thieves, each exiled from respectable life. Gösta becomes their leader, their poet, their most reckless soul. He falls in love. He betrays. He is betrayed. The cavaliers feast, duel, scheme, and carouse through a series of adventures that read like Nordic fairy tales told by a drunken bard. The novel builds toward a confrontation with the forces of industry, sobriety, and progress—and toward the question of whether a man who has lost everything can ever be worthy of love again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Lagerlöf at her most exuberant and visionary: a novel that blends romance, folklore, and social critique into a story as wild and beautiful as the Värmland forests themselves. \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Gösta Berling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a book about the magic of failure, the dignity of the outcast, and the possibility that the most wasted lives may still hold the seeds of redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in 1891, Lagerlöf's debut novel, submitted to a literary contest she won\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAdapted into the 1924 silent film starring Greta Garbo in her breakthrough role\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA foundational work of Swedish romanticism and one of the most beloved novels in Scandinavian literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the most magnificent souls are often the most broken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eSelma Lagerlöf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1858–1940) was a Swedish novelist and short story writer, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, receiving the award in 1909. She was also the first woman elected to the Swedish Academy, joining in 1914. Born on the Mårbacka estate in Värmland, she drew deeply on the landscapes, folklore, and peasant culture of her native region.\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Story of Gösta Berling\u003c\/em\u003e (1891) was her first novel, submitted to a contest sponsored by the Swedish literary journal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eIdun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. She won the contest and launched her career. Her other masterpieces include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eInvisible Links\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1894), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1901–1902), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1906–1907), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Treasure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1904), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Emperor of Portugallia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1914). 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