- Paperback: 125 pages
- Publisher: Norvik Press (December 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1870041143
- ISBN-13: 978-1870041140
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 14.6 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,142,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
In payment for his participation in Charles XII of Sweden's campaigns of the Great Northern War, Bengt of Lowenskold was awarded the rank of major general and the gaudy ring of the title. In due course, "Big Bengt" is interred with his trinket, but barely is he in the grave when the ring is taken for "safekeeping" by a local farmer, thereby setting the stage for the Nobel laureate's 1925 novel of long-held grudges and revenge. The ring, of course, is accursed, bringing the dead general's wrath upon both guilty and unwitting possessors alike until one woman's selfless love breaks the cycle. Like her Norwegian contemporary Sigrid Undset, Lagerlof returned to the Scandinavian past for her subjects but she also indulged in a taste for the fabulous. Here, as in her best-known work, Gosta Berling's Saga , the supernatural figures prominently. But with little of the descriptive sense that marks an historical work like Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter , this first installment of Lagerlof's trilogy is less a Scandinavian epic than a rather exotic ghost story.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave, as a stolen ring brings suffering and violent death to innocent and guilty alike until it is restored to its rightful owner in his tomb. Selma Lagerlof is a former Nobel Prize winner.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple and interesting,
This review is from: Lowenskold Ring (Paperback)
A Swedish fairy with layers of creativity. A simple and interesting middle-age fantasy story about a ring that inflicts evil upon it's holder until it is restored to it's proper owner. A closer look reveals deeper questions about loyalty, appearances, and morality.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
4.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Selma Lagerlof's elegant simplicity,
By Thomas F. Ogara - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lowenskold Ring (Paperback)
Not many people read Selma Lagerlof any more, which is a pity - she won the Nobel Prize, after all. And if you read the "Ring" you'll understand why. Most of her books are aimed at least ostensibly at children; the "Ring" is one of her "adult" books, but like the children's books it has the same artless simplicity and uninvolved character of a fairy tale about it. The story at least initially is a sort of picaresque tale built around an old general's ring, but the center of attention keeps shifting as you read on. One episode effortlessly develops into another, and fifty pages later you realize how it all holds together, but it is so simple and delightful that you don't notice how far afield the story has taken you. A real gem.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Teenager's Fairy Tale,
By Randy Keehn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lowenskold Ring (Paperback)
This is the first book I have read by the Nobel Prize-winning author, Selma Lagerlof. I found the book to be very easy and enjoyable reading and I look forward to reading more by this author. The problem for me with "The Lowenskold Ring" (a/k/a "The General's Ring") is that it was too brief. The author was able to mix some of the folk culture of rural Sweden of roughly 150 years ago with some morality lessons. The morality lessons tended to deal with greed, pride, and loyalty and they were well enough presented. However, I had the feeling that author squandered an opportunity to say more. Like a journey in which the main character encounters many different types of people, "Lowenskold's Ring" could have been a vehicle to give us several more personalities and issues to confront.I also felt that the language of the author was written for either a younger or less enlightened audience. I can see where the author would do well with children's stories. However, I will end by saying that the book served as an enjoyable activity for the hour or so that it took to read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple and interesting,
By J. Jacobs - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lowenskold Ring (Paperback)
A Swedish fairy with layers of creativity. A simple and interesting middle-age fantasy story about a ring that inflicts evil upon it's holder until it is restored to it's proper owner. A closer look reveals deeper questions about loyalty, appearances, and morality.
|
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
