What a wonderful story about the cavaliers at Ekeby, the suspended priest Gösta Berling, and all the other amazing characters in this magnificent saga. Selma has a greatness in describing the nature, people and animals, she paints the story with a passion for the language and creates an experience for the reader that is over whelming. You can actually see and hear what the characters do, you feel with their anxieties and their love. You can smell and taste the wet deep forest or the drieness of the drought.

I really loved reading this swedish classic, though it took me awhile. The language is so rich and beautiful, it fills your mind so much faster. Each sentence or paragraph is like a poem, and though it's wonderful to read- it is exhausting!