About “The Emperor of Portugallia”
The Emperor of Portugallia is a novel by Selma Lagerlöf, published in 1914 with illustrations by Albert Engström. Lagerlöf referred to it as a "Swedish King Lear." The novel was well received by critics and readers, with some reviewers comparing it to her previous works Gösta Berling's Saga and the first part of Jerusalem. It has been adapted into film three times, in 1925, 1944, and 1992. An English translation by Velma Swanston Howard was published in 1916. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1916
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 | The emperor of Portugallia | 1916 | — | Buy on Amazon |
 | The emperor of Portugallia | 1916 | — | Buy on Amazon |
 | The Emperor of Portugallia | 1914 | — | Buy on Amazon |