Front matter
Velma Swanston Howard translation
BOOKS BY SELMA LAGERLÖF
JERUSALEM, A Novel (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
CHRIST LEGENDS (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NILS (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
LEGEND OF THE SACRED IMAGE (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST (Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
STORY OF GÖSTA BERLING (Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
THE EMPEROR OF PORTUGALLIA (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE HOLY CITY, Jerusalem II (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
INVISIBLE LINKS (Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
LILLIECRONA’S HOME (Trans. from Swedish by Anna Barwell)
THE OUTCAST (Trans. from Swedish by W. Worster, M. A.)
MÅRBACKA (Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
MÅRBACKA
BY
SELMA LAGERLÖF
TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH BY VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1925
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
CONTENTS
THE STRÖMSTAD JOURNEY
PAGE
I. The Nursemaid 1
II. Grand Company 10
III. The Drive to Karlstad 18
IV. In the Cabin on the Uddeholm 21
V. At the Goldsmith’s Shop 26
VI. Gray Island 32
VII. The Bird of Paradise 39
VIII. The Keepsake 47
THE OLD HOUSEKEEPER’S TALES
I. Grandmother 53
II. The Ghost of Vilarstensbacken 55
III. Pastor Wennervik 63
IV. The Gander 67
V. The Lemmings 71
VI. The Neckan 80
VII. The Paymaster of the Regiment 84
VIII. The Militia-Men 96
OLD HOUSES AND OLD PEOPLE
I. The Stone Huts 105
II. The Money-Chest 112
III. The Larder on Stilts 120
IV. The Manservants’ Cottage 127
V. The Jungfru 133
VI. The Bridal-Crown 142
VII. Vackerfeldt 155
VIII. The Orchestra 169
THE NEW MÅRBACKA
I. The Seventeen Cats 179
II. The New Barn 188
III. The Garden 197
IV. The Roof Trusses 207
WORKDAYS AND FÊTE DAYS
I. Nooning 215
II. Mamselle Brorström 219
III. Riding to Blåkulla 226
IV. Bellman Ballads 231
V. Boys and Girls 237
VI. The Old Soldier 244
VII. The Land of Heart’s Desire 247
VIII. The Slom Season 252
IX. The Seventeenth of August 264
Postscript 285