Project Gutenberg 2015-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 90 Elgström, Anna Lenah 1884 Elgstrom, Anna Lenah Havsboken E-text prepared by ronnie sahlberg, Keith Edkins, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "Havsboken" by Anna Lenah Elgström is a literary work likely written in the early 20th century. This novel explores the life of Erik Utbult, a seasoned sailor and pilot, who is deeply connected to the power of the sea, reflecting on themes of strength, existential contemplation, and the relationship between man and nature. The narrative delves into Erik's internal struggles, his feelings of solitude, and his interactions with the elements around him, setting the stage for a profound examination of life's deeper meanings. The opening of the novel vividly portrays the desolate yet beautiful maritime landscape surrounding a small island where Erik Utbult serves as a pilot. As he contemplates his life and the vastness of the ocean, he grapples with feelings of insignificance in the face of nature's power. Erik is characterized by his unusual strength and fearlessness, recognized in his profession, yet he carries a persistent existential unease that drives him to seek deeper truths. The beginning is a meditation on nature's force and the human quest for understanding, foreshadowing a complex relationship between Erik and the world he inhabits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. sv Fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 184440 2025-06-19T11:44:54.102473 text/html 167865 2024-10-24T17:01:06 text/html 132310 2025-06-19T11:44:57.850477 application/epub+zip 133963 2025-06-19T11:44:54.873616 application/epub+zip 132399 2025-06-19T11:44:54.534508 application/epub+zip 193690 2025-06-19T11:45:00.117476 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183676 2025-06-19T11:44:57.351555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178525 2022-09-21T20:43:38.834759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168997 2023-09-21T04:56:25.912041 text/plain 149132 2024-10-24T17:01:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14985 2025-06-19T11:45:00.257446 application/rdf+xml 6248 2025-06-19T11:44:54.628495 image/jpeg 1655 2025-06-19T11:44:54.580565 image/jpeg 127196 2025-06-19T11:44:54.126571 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