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Written during a difficult period in exile from Sweden, the novel paradoxically has a strong sense of place, and is a feat of straightforward folksy storytelling. Mrs. Anna Eva Flod, a widow of some means, hires
Johannes Edvard Carlsson to run the farm on the island. As a newcomer and a landlubber
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