Project Gutenberg 2012-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 266 Lagerlöf, Selma 1858 1940 Lagerlof, Selma Lagerlöf, Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerloef, Selma Bannlyst Wikipedia page about this book: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannlyst_(bok) Produced by Ronnie Sahlberg, Therese Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Bannlyst" by Selma Lagerlöf is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set on a remote island called Grimön, where the narrative introduces a couple, Joel and Thala Elversson, who are very different from one another. The book explores themes of parental sacrifice, societal prejudice, and the complex relationship between a son, Sven, and his parents after being raised by a different family. The opening of the story depicts a quiet evening on Grimön, where Joel, an older, unambitious farmer, and Thala, his more vibrant wife, engage in conversation. Thala reflects on their son Sven, whom they gave away for a better life at a young age, as she harbors complicated feelings about his absence. Her thoughts shift to the return of Sven, now a man burdened with a dark secret stemming from a survival situation where he had to endure extreme hardships. Thala's internal conflict prepares the reader for the eventual arrival of Sven and the mixed feelings his presence evokes, setting the stage for the drama that unfolds in the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. sv Swedish fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 515834 2025-06-16T04:18:21.660725 text/html 498531 2014-01-27T09:30:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 181547 2014-01-27T09:31:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 265533 2025-06-16T04:18:30.771202 application/epub+zip 268878 2025-06-16T04:18:24.245697 application/epub+zip 264976 2025-06-16T04:18:22.718689 application/epub+zip 444760 2025-06-16T04:18:35.372220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413839 2025-06-16T04:18:29.650198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389660 2022-09-18T03:49:13.813008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474649 2025-06-16T04:18:20.354729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 451949 2014-01-27T09:30:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 168021 2014-01-27T09:31:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18993 2025-06-16T04:18:35.513136 application/rdf+xml 10304 2025-06-16T04:18:23.283694 image/jpeg 2813 2025-06-16T04:18:22.998694 image/jpeg 249804 2025-06-16T04:18:21.710705 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia sv.wikipedia