The Tree of the Folkungs
by Verner von Heidenstam
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1925. Poet and prose writer who led the literary reaction to the Naturalist movement in Sweden, calling for a renaissance of the literature of fantasy, beauty, and national themes. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1916. In his historical novel, The Tree of the Folkungs, he evoked a sense of national continuity. Contents: Folke Filbyter; and The Bellbo Heritage.Tags
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- Canonical title
- The Tree of the Folkungs
- Original title
- Folkungaträdet
- Original publication date
- 1905-1907
- People/Characters
- Folke Filbyter; Ingemund Filbyter; Hallsten Filbyter; Ingevald Filbyter; Ulf Ulfsson; Jacob (show all 10); Ulfva; Soldis; Sven; Inge
- Important places
- Skara, Sweden; Uppsala, Sweden; Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
- Original language
- Swedish
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 839.73 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction
- LCC
- PZ3 .H362 .T — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
Statistics
- Members
- 41
- Popularity
- 716,647
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, Finnish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 4
