"The Emperor of Portugallia" by Selma Lagerlöf (translated by Velma Swanston Howard). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Selma Lagerlöf. The Emperor of Portugallia
The Emperor of Portugallia
Table of Contents
BOOK ONE The Beating Heart Glory Goldie Sunnycastle The Christening The Vaccination Bee The Birthday Christmas Morn Glory Goldie's Illness Calling on Relatives The School Examination The Contest Fishing Agrippa Forbidden Fruit. BOOK TWO Lars Gunnarson The Red Dress The New Master On the Mountain-top The Eve of Departure At the Pier The Letter August Dar Nol October the First The Dream Begins Heirlooms Clothed in Satin Stars Waiting The Empress The Emperor. BOOK THREE The Emperor's Song The Seventeenth of August Katrina and Jan Bjorn Hindrickson's Funeral The Dying Heart Deposed The Catechetical Meeting An Old Troll The Sunday after Midsummer Summernight The Emperor's Consort. BOOK FOUR The Welcome Greeting The Flight Held! Jan's Last Words The Passing of Katrina The Burial of the Emperor. BOOK ONE
THE BEATING HEART
GLORY GOLDIE SUNNYCASTLE
THE CHRISTENING
THE VACCINATION BEE
THE BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS MORN
GLORY GOLDIE'S ILLNESS
CALLING ON RELATIVES
THE SCHOOL EXAMINATION
THE CONTEST
AGRIPPA
FORBIDDEN FRUIT
BOOK TWO
LARS GUNNARSON
THE RED DRESS
THE NEW MASTER
ON THE MOUNTAIN-TOP
THE EVE OF DEPARTURE
AT THE PIER
THE LETTER
AUGUST DÄR NOL
OCTOBER THE FIRST
THE DREAM BEGINS
HEIRLOOMS
CLOTHED IN SATIN
STARS
WAITING
THE EMPRESS
THE EMPEROR
BOOK THREE
THE EMPEROR'S SONG
THE SEVENTEENTH OF AUGUST
KATRINA AND JAN
BJÖRN HINDRICKSON'S FUNERAL
THE DYING HEART
DEPOSED
THE CATECHETICAL MEETING
AN OLD TROLL
THE SUNDAY AFTER MIDSUMMER
SUMMERNIGHT
THE EMPEROR'S CONSORT
BOOK FOUR
THE WELCOME GREETING
THE FLIGHT
HELD!
JAN'S LAST WORDS
THE PASSING OF KATRINA
THE BURIAL OF THE EMPEROR
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Selma Lagerlöf
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The spruce trees up there were old and gnarled, and their branches were dotted with clumps of snow. As seen in the glow of the torch light, one could not but think that some of the trees were really trolls, with gleaming eyes beneath snow hats, and long sharp claws protruding from thick snow mittens.
It was all very well so long as they held themselves still. But what if one of them should suddenly stretch forth a hand and seize somebody? There was no special danger for grown-ups and old people; but Jan had always heard that the trolls had a great fondness for small children—the smaller the better. It seemed to him that Katrina was holding the little girl very carelessly. It would be no trick at all for the huge clawlike troll hands to snatch the child from her. Of course he could not take the baby out of her arms in a dangerous spot like this, for that might cause the trolls to act.
