The Outlaws (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Selma Lagerlof
- First Published: 1894
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The Middle Ages
- Setting: Sweden
- Principal Characters: Berg, Tord, Unn
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Sin or Original sin, Robbery or robbers, Christianity, Theft, Scandinavia or Scandinavians, Outlaws, Middle Ages, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Sweden or Swedish people
- Locales: Sweden
The Story
Berg, a handsome well-built man, the strongest and tallest man in the country, kills a monk and flees to the woods. Living in the forest so increases his strength that he is eventually called a giant by the villagers, who cannot capture and punish him for the murder. Another outlaw, Tord—accused of stealing a fishing net—escapes to the forest, where he and Berg share a cave. Berg, the giant, comes from a respected Christian family, the wealthiest peasant family in the area, but Tord, a slight boy of sixteen, has a pagan thief for a father. Tord's mother is a witch...
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