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Original title Herr Arnes penningar Country Sweden Publication date 1904 Originally published 1904 Page count 150 Publisher Albert Bonniers förlag | 3.4/5 Goodreads Translator Arthur G. Chater Language Swedish Published in English 1923 Genre Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adaptations Sir Arne's Treasure (1919), Herr Arnes Penningar (1954) Similar Selma Lagerlöf books, Novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Treasure is a 1904 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. Its original Swedish title is Herr Arnes penningar, which means "Mr. Arne's money". It has also been published in English as Herr Arne's Hoard. Set in Bohuslän in the 16th century, it tells the story of a group of Scottish mercenaries who escape from prison; they go on to murder a family to steal a treasure chest, after which one of them falls in love with the family's sole survivor.
Adaptations
The novel has been adapted for film three times: by Mauritz Stiller in 1919 as Sir Arne's Treasure, by Gustaf Molander in 1954 as Herr Arnes penningar, and as Poklad pana Arna in a 1967 Czechoslovak animated short film by Václav Bedřich.
References
The Treasure (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA