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The Landscape
Now I must beg those of my readers who
know this lake, this fertile plain, and those
blue mountains, to skip a few pages. They can do
this without compunction, for the story will be long
enough without them. But you will understand that
I must describe the country for those who do not
know it, as it was the scene where Gösta Berling and
the gay cavaliers of Ekeby spent their lives; and
those who have seen it will understand too that the
task surpasses the power of one who can only wield
the pen.
I should have chosen to confine myself to saying
that the name of the lake is the Löfven; that it is
long and narrow, and that it stretches from the
distant forests in the north of Värmland to the Vänern
lowlands in the south; that a plain borders each side
of the lake, and that a chain of undulating mountains
surrounds the lake valley. But this is not sufficient,
and I must try to picture in more graphic
words the scene of my childhood’s dreams, the
home of my childhood’s heroes.
The Löfven has its source far in the north, which
is a glorious land for a lake, for the forests and hills
gather water for it unceasingly, and streams and
brooklets pour into it all the year round. It has fine
white sand to recline upon; it has islands and
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