Harmaa linna: eli Kertomus Ristilän hovista by Axel Gabriel Ingelius

"Harmaa linna: eli Kertomus Ristilän hovista" by Axel Gabriel Ingelius is a novel published in 1851. Considered Finland's first horror novel, it follows young tutor Harald Thalberg as he arrives at the infamous Ristilä manor. Inspired by a mysterious death at a real Finnish estate in 1839, the story blends Gothic atmosphere with questions of murder, suicide, and dark secrets. As a Finnish answer to popular English Gothic horror novels, this pioneering work brings European Gothic traditions to the haunting landscapes of rural Finland. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Ingelius, Axel Gabriel, 1822-1868
Uniform Title Det gråa slottet. Finnish
Title Harmaa linna: eli Kertomus Ristilän hovista
Original Publication Finland: Otto Andersin,1925.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmaa_linna
Credits Sirkku-Liisa Häyhä-Karmakainen and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 41.4 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Swedish fiction -- Translations into Finnish
Category Text
eBook-No. 68509
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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