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The Emperor Of Portugallia

The Emperor Of Portugallia

Selma Lagerlöf

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Double9 Books LLP
Año de edición:
2026
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9788167170019
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The Emperor of Portugallia is a 1914 Scandinavian literary novel by Selma Lagerlöf that explores emotional family bonds, psychological transformation, and rural life in Sweden. It is significant for its blend of realism and fantasy, portraying how grief and love reshape human perception and identity within a rural social context.The narrative follows Jan, a tenant farmer in Värmland, whose deep devotion to his daughter Glory Goldie becomes the emotional centre of his life. When she moves to Stockholm and stops communicating, his psychological state gradually shifts into fantasy, leading him to imagine himself as an emperor ruling over an imagined realm. Through The Emperor of Portugallia Selma Lagerlöf, the novel examines the fragile boundary between reality and illusion, while also reflecting on father daughter relationship obsession novel as a driving emotional force. The story contrasts rural simplicity with urban detachment, showing how separation and silence can distort human consciousness and social understanding.

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