The Tale of a Manor

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The Tale of a Manor
File:En herrgårdssägen.png
Title page for En herrgårdssägen (1913 edition)
AuthorSelma Lagerlöf
Original titleEn herrgårdssägen
TranslatorC. Field
LanguageSwedish
PublisherBonniers
Publication date
1899
Publication placeSweden
Published in English
1923
Pages197

The Tale of a Manor (Swedish: En herrgårdssägen) is an 1899 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf.[1] It tells the story of a young woman who tries to help the man she loves recover from mental illness, caused by shame and sorrow. It was published in English in 1923, in a portmanteau volume titled The Tale of a Manor and Other Sketches. The 1923 film The Blizzard by Mauritz Stiller is loosely based on the novel.[2]

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