From a Swedish Homestead

By Selma Lagerlöf

Book Overview

" ...]before he could be finished, and who could guarantee that the estate would not be sold in the meantime? He felt almost with terror how deeply he loved the old home. It was like witchery. Every room, every tree, stood clearly before him. He felt he could not part with any of it if he were to be happy. And he was to sit quietly with his books whilst all this was about to pass away from him. He became more and more restless; he felt the blood beating in his temples as if in a fever. And then he grew quite beside himself because he could not take his violin and play himself calm again. 'My God ' he said, 'Alin will drive me mad. First to tell me all this, and then to take away my violin A man like I must feel the bow between his fingers ...]."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507556942
• ISBN13: 9781507556948
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"