The Miracles of Antichrist
Books by the Same Author
THE EMPEROR OF PORTUGALLIA
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
JERUSALEM, A Novel
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE STORY OF GÖSTA BERLING
(Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF NILS
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE LEGEND OF THE SACRED IMAGE
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST
(Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
CHRIST LEGENDS
(Trans. from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard)
FROM A SWEDISH HOMESTEAD
(Trans. from Swedish by Jessie Brochner)
INVISIBLE LINKS
(Trans. from Swedish by Pauline Bancroft Flach)
LILLIECRONA’S HOME
(Trans. from Swedish by Anna Barwell)
THE MIRACLES
of ANTICHRIST
A NOVEL
FROM THE SWEDISH OF
SELMA LAGERLÖF
TRANSLATED BY
PAULINE BANCROFT FLACH
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1919
Copyright, 1899, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages
CONTENTS
| [INTRODUCTION:] | ||
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | The Emperor’s Vision | [1] |
| II | Rome’s Holy Child | [9] |
| III | On the Barricade | [19] |
| [FIRST BOOK] | ||
| I | Mongibello | [25] |
| II | Fra Gaetano | [39] |
| III | The God-sister | [48] |
| IV | Diamante | [62] |
| V | Don Ferrante | [64] |
| VI | Don Matteo’s Mission | [71] |
| VII | The Bells of San Pasquale | [77] |
| VIII | Two Songs | [113] |
| IX | Flight | [125] |
| X | The Sirocco | [128] |
| XI | The Feast of San Sebastiano | [156] |
| [SECOND BOOK] | ||
| I | A Great Man’s Wife | [185] |
| II | Panem et Circenses | [193] |
| III | The Outcast | [204] |
| IV | The Old Martyrdom | [213] |
| V | The Lady with the Iron Ring | [226] |
| VI | Fra Felice’s Legacy | [229] |
| VII | After the Miracle | [252] |
| VIII | A Jettatore | [255] |
| IX | Palazzo Geraci and Palazzo Corvaja | [270] |
| X | Falco Falcone | [286] |
| XI | Victory | [315] |
| [THIRD BOOK] | ||
| I | The Oasis and the Desert | [323] |
| II | In Palermo | [329] |
| III | The Home-coming | [338] |
| IV | Only of this World | [354] |
| V | A Fresco of Signorelli | [373] |