Singoalla

audiobook

Singoalla

by Viktor Rydberg

FI·~4 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total

SINGOALLA

0:06

ENSIMMÄINEN OSA:

0:11

JÄLKIMMÄINEN OSA:

0:09

ENSIMMÄINEN OSA. - METSÄLINNA.

14:57

SINGOALLA.

6:01

IKÄVÄ.

9:15

MUUKALAISET EGYPTIN MAALTA

7:10

ERLAND JA SINGOALLA.

11:15

HÄMYHETKI METSÄPURON RANNALLA.

10:06

KAKSINTAISTELU.

2:59
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Description

A weather‑worn stone fortress crowns a remote island, its tangled timber halls and crooked towers rising like the ribs of an ancient beast. The silence that fills its corridors feels intentional, as if the very walls guard secrets older than the forest that surrounds them. Mist clings to the dark pine woods, and the lake below mirrors the bleak sky, giving the place a timeless, almost mythic quality.

When Christian envoys arrive, their bright proclamations clash with the entrenched pagan rites of the Månesköld lineage, whose knights still honor the old gods of Odin and Thor. Among them, the proud knight Pentti Månesköld stands as the reluctant guardian of a fading tradition, while a mysterious stranger from distant Egypt, Singoalla, appears on the scene, drawing the curiosity of a young local, Erland. Their meeting promises a tale of love and conflict set against the backdrop of an age‑old struggle between belief and destiny.

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Language

fi

Duration

~4 hours (230K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Oct 13, 2015

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Viktor Rydberg

Viktor Rydberg

1828–1895

A major voice in 19th-century Swedish literature, he wrote novels, poems, and essays that helped shape the country’s cultural life. His work often blends imagination, moral questioning, and a deep interest in history, religion, and myth.

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