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JerusalemSelma Lagerlöf

Jerusalem

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Original author: Selma Lagerlöf

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"Jerusalem" by Selma Lagerlöf is a novel published in two parts in 1901 and 1902. The narrative follows several families across generations in 19th-century Dalarna, Sweden, and traces their journey to a Swedish emigrant community in Jerusalem. Loosely based on an actual emigration from Nås parish in 1896, the story explores themes of faith, tradition, and displacement as characters navigate between their Swedish homeland and the Holy Land.

Jerusalem, by Selma Lagerlöf. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #15837.

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11 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction1,837 words
  2. 2.Book ONE: The Ingmarssons11,365 words
  3. 3.Book TWO: At the Schoolmaster's (1)8,803 words
  4. 4.Book TWO: At the Schoolmaster's (2)8,745 words
  5. 5.Book TWO: At the Schoolmaster's (3)8,768 words
  6. 6.Book TWO: At the Schoolmaster's (4)8,737 words
  1. 7.Book TWO: At the Schoolmaster's (5)721 words
  2. 8.Book THREE: Loss of "l'univers" (1)8,832 words
  3. 9.Book THREE: Loss of "l'univers" (2)8,777 words
  4. 10.Book THREE: Loss of "l'univers" (3)8,796 words
  5. 11.Book THREE: Loss of "l'univers" (4)2,466 words