The Treasure (novel)

1904 novel by Selma Lagerlöf

The Treasure

Author| Selma Lagerlöf
Original title| Herr Arnes penningar
Translator| Arthur G. Chater
Language| Swedish
Publisher| Bonniers

Publication date

| 1904
Publication place| Sweden

Published in English

| 1923
Pages| 150

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.[1] 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.

Lagerlöf based the novel on a true story that she heard told in the Solberga parish (Solbergatrakten), about a Mr. Arne who had been murdered at Solberga vicarage on February 15, 1586.[2]

## Adaptations

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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.[3]

## See also

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* 1904 in literature
* Swedish literature

## References

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1. ^ "Selma Lagerlöf - Bibliography". nobelprize.org. Nobel Media. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
2. ^ "Selma Lagerlöf: Herr Arnes penningar – Diktens museum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-05-31.
3. ^ "Herr Arnes penningar". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

## External links

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* The Treasure public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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Works by Selma Lagerlöf

* Gösta Berling's Saga
* The Tale of a Manor
* Jerusalem
* The Treasure
* The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
* The Girl from the Marsh Croft
* Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!
* The Emperor of Portugallia
* The Löwensköld Ring
* Charlotte Löwensköld
* Anna Svärd

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