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Körkarlen. Bannlyst
Excerpt from Das Heilige Leben, Roman, Und, der Fuhrmann des Todes, Erzählung
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Qieß wurde bon Dem 9)ianne gefagt, alß fei eß gang ohne %edeutung, gerade wie etwaß, Daß ihn nur allein anginge; aber von Diefem 2lugenblicf an brauchte er bei feiner 3uhörerin nicht mehr über 9)2angel an 9lufmerfs famfeit gu Hagen. Qbo Der 9tame geftanden habe? ?lbaß ihm Denn eigentlich geträumt habe? Édb eß möglich wäre, Daß eß fich um ihren ®oen handelte? Drängte feine $rau. I;hre ®timme wurde gang fchrill, ihre 91afenfpilge rötete fich, und ihre 9lugen füllten fich mit 5iranen..
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
336 pages, Leather Bound
First published January 1, 1945
About the author
Selma Lagerlöf
1,481 books743 followersSelma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". She later also became the first female member of the Swedish Academy.
Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.
As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years before her first novel Gösta Berling's Saga was published. As her writer career progressed she would keep up a correspondance with some of her former female collegues for almost her entire life.
Lagerlöf never married and was almost certainly a lesbian (she never officially stated that she was, but most later researchers believe this to be the case). For many years her constant companion was fellow writer Sophie Elkan, with whom she traveled to Italy and the Middle East. Her visit to Palestine and a colony of Christians there, would inspire her to write Jerusalem, her story of Swedish farmers converting into a evangelical Christian group and travelling to "The American Colony" in Jerusalem.
Lagerlöf was involved in both women issues as well as politics. She would among other things help the Jewish writer Nelly Sachs to come to Sweden and donated her Nobel medal to the Finnish war effort against the Soviet union.
Outside of Sweden she's perhaps most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).
Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.
As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years before her first novel Gösta Berling's Saga was published. As her writer career progressed she would keep up a correspondance with some of her former female collegues for almost her entire life.
Lagerlöf never married and was almost certainly a lesbian (she never officially stated that she was, but most later researchers believe this to be the case). For many years her constant companion was fellow writer Sophie Elkan, with whom she traveled to Italy and the Middle East. Her visit to Palestine and a colony of Christians there, would inspire her to write Jerusalem, her story of Swedish farmers converting into a evangelical Christian group and travelling to "The American Colony" in Jerusalem.
Lagerlöf was involved in both women issues as well as politics. She would among other things help the Jewish writer Nelly Sachs to come to Sweden and donated her Nobel medal to the Finnish war effort against the Soviet union.
Outside of Sweden she's perhaps most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).
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August 25, 2025
The Airship by Selma Lagerlof
Marvelous story
This story is about happens to a goal that is not adapted to reality and when the circumstances are unfortunate.
The father takes his boys to Stockholm, in a third class compartment, at the start of this tale that is not for children.
Even if there are two boys- Lennart and his brother Hugo- at the center of it, the telling of what happens to them is not exuberant.
Their parents are separated, after the father has started drinking so heavily that he is no longer a support to his family.
On the contrary, he is a nuisance and his presence makes his children unhappy, ultimately their fate is his responsibility.
Even with an amateur effort to analyze the psychology of these boys we would come to the conclusion that their father‘s acts have had a great negative impact on them and they made them detach from the world.
The other part of the reason for the evolution of the brothers is Hugo’s penchant for flying machines and their making.
They both dream about flying in machines that would be designed by Hugo and their reading of Jules Verne surely adds wood to this fire of their imagination that would at one point have them skating after an air balloon.
The father of the two boys had a dream of his own, but having a wife and children prevented him from pursuing a musical career.
In the classical book by Eric Berne- Games People Play, the blame associated with that failure is often encountered and is called
- If It Weren’t for You
Husbands and wives play this horror game continuously, even if research points out that there is more behind this, we seem to choose a partner that would “prevent “us from doing something we do not want in the first place.
Nevertheless, the mother of the boys suffers a lot, we could even say as much as humanly possible, for the mistake of encouraging her husband to abandon a futile dream.
Not only are they divorced, but unfit as he is, the man demands in court and obtains the custody of the brothers.
Once in Stockholm, the man misbehaves and uses his sons as servants, goes out to get drunk and does not appreciate their efforts.
On the contrary, when they clean the house, put things in order and do everything right, their father is…angry.
It could be a feeling of deep guilt, but his is an erratic manifestation that only belatedly changes for the better.
When one day the father finds the drawings and plans for airships that his children were hiding, his first reaction is adversary.
- What are you hiding there? Are there letters for your mother?
Indeed, the boys have corresponded with their mother, but the feeling that the father has is unjustified-
They are not complaining or insulting him in letters, on the contrary, the mother encourages them to be nice.
They felt for a while that their father would change for the better, but they are alas, disappointed and get the feeling that all he loves is drink.
And then one day they go skating…
It is a great story, unexpected after the other two I have finished, with a different approach and subject matter.
Marvelous story
This story is about happens to a goal that is not adapted to reality and when the circumstances are unfortunate.
The father takes his boys to Stockholm, in a third class compartment, at the start of this tale that is not for children.
Even if there are two boys- Lennart and his brother Hugo- at the center of it, the telling of what happens to them is not exuberant.
Their parents are separated, after the father has started drinking so heavily that he is no longer a support to his family.
On the contrary, he is a nuisance and his presence makes his children unhappy, ultimately their fate is his responsibility.
Even with an amateur effort to analyze the psychology of these boys we would come to the conclusion that their father‘s acts have had a great negative impact on them and they made them detach from the world.
The other part of the reason for the evolution of the brothers is Hugo’s penchant for flying machines and their making.
They both dream about flying in machines that would be designed by Hugo and their reading of Jules Verne surely adds wood to this fire of their imagination that would at one point have them skating after an air balloon.
The father of the two boys had a dream of his own, but having a wife and children prevented him from pursuing a musical career.
In the classical book by Eric Berne- Games People Play, the blame associated with that failure is often encountered and is called
- If It Weren’t for You
Husbands and wives play this horror game continuously, even if research points out that there is more behind this, we seem to choose a partner that would “prevent “us from doing something we do not want in the first place.
Nevertheless, the mother of the boys suffers a lot, we could even say as much as humanly possible, for the mistake of encouraging her husband to abandon a futile dream.
Not only are they divorced, but unfit as he is, the man demands in court and obtains the custody of the brothers.
Once in Stockholm, the man misbehaves and uses his sons as servants, goes out to get drunk and does not appreciate their efforts.
On the contrary, when they clean the house, put things in order and do everything right, their father is…angry.
It could be a feeling of deep guilt, but his is an erratic manifestation that only belatedly changes for the better.
When one day the father finds the drawings and plans for airships that his children were hiding, his first reaction is adversary.
- What are you hiding there? Are there letters for your mother?
Indeed, the boys have corresponded with their mother, but the feeling that the father has is unjustified-
They are not complaining or insulting him in letters, on the contrary, the mother encourages them to be nice.
They felt for a while that their father would change for the better, but they are alas, disappointed and get the feeling that all he loves is drink.
And then one day they go skating…
It is a great story, unexpected after the other two I have finished, with a different approach and subject matter.
March 4, 2018
Även om Körkarlen är en övernaturlig berättelse känns det viktigt med logik som följs för mig, annars blir det svårt att hänga med och förlita sig på berättelsen. Körkarlen gör inte det.
Jag tycker att storyn var ganska vag och undrar vad sensmoralen var om det fanns en sådan? Jag började inte plötsligt älska David Holm! Förstår inte om det var meningen eller så.
Dock läsvärd pga Selma är Selma, poppis i mitt hem så att säga. Men inte den bästa Selman. Klart slut!
Jag tycker att storyn var ganska vag och undrar vad sensmoralen var om det fanns en sådan? Jag började inte plötsligt älska David Holm! Förstår inte om det var meningen eller så.
Dock läsvärd pga Selma är Selma, poppis i mitt hem så att säga. Men inte den bästa Selman. Klart slut!
October 12, 2018
Körkarlen 3/5
Quaint little ghost story.
Bannlyst 2.5/5
Scattered but well written of course. Is it a love story, the story of a man's fate, the humanity and potential for good and evil in all of us and the vast grey areas in between? Sure. Okay. The storylines grabbed my attention several times throughout, but couldn't really maintain it.
Quaint little ghost story.
Bannlyst 2.5/5
Scattered but well written of course. Is it a love story, the story of a man's fate, the humanity and potential for good and evil in all of us and the vast grey areas in between? Sure. Okay. The storylines grabbed my attention several times throughout, but couldn't really maintain it.
August 5, 2017
Selma skriver ju så otroligt fint och språket flyter så bra. Melodin träffar en och en vill höra mer. Men berättelsen håller inte riktigt för mig, den är lite trög och en kan lätt räkna ut vad som ska ske.
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