The Treasure (Annotated)

Selma Lagerlöf's The Treasure is a compact historical romance of crime, haunting, and moral reckoning, set in sixteenth-century Sweden amid winter darkness and political unrest. Based on the old tale of Herr Arne's silver, it recounts the slaughter of a household, the theft of a cursed hoard, and the tragic entanglement of love with guilt. Lagerlöf writes in a grave, lucid, saga-like prose, blendi...