The Tale of a Manor | |
Author: | Selma Lagerlöf |
Title Orig: | En herrgårdssägen |
Translator: | C. Field |
Country: | Sweden |
Language: | Swedish |
Publisher: | Bonniers |
Pub Date: | 1899 |
English Pub Date: | 1923 |
Pages: | 197 |
The Tale of a Manor (Swedish: '''En herrgårdssägen''') is an 1899 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf.[1] It tells the story of a young woman who tries to rescue the man she loves from madness, caused by shame and sorrow. It was published in English in 1923, in a portmanteau volume titled The Tale of a Manor and Other Sketches. The 1923 film The Blizzard by Mauritz Stiller is loosely based on the novel.[2]