Project Gutenberg 2012-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 99 Lagerlöf, Selma 1858 1940 Lagerlof, Selma Lagerlöf, Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerloef, Selma Bannlyst 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.) sv Swedish fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 515704 515318 2024-09-16T12:21:38.190957 2023-09-17T07:05:57.221206 text/html 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 244450 2024-09-16T12:21:46.610915 application/epub+zip 248060 2024-09-16T12:21:40.210960 application/epub+zip 244142 2024-09-16T12:21:39.058000 application/epub+zip 424068 2024-09-16T12:21:51.227909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393153 2024-09-16T12:21:45.651950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389660 2022-09-18T03:49:13.813008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474649 474426 2024-09-16T12:21:36.802969 2023-09-17T07:05:55.775696 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 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 18737 2024-09-16T12:21:51.368892 application/rdf+xml 10317 2024-09-16T12:21:39.443951 image/jpeg 2816 2024-09-16T12:21:39.254962 image/jpeg 230213 2024-09-16T12:21:38.240974 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog sv.wikipedia en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia