The Stockholm Octavo : a novel
Engelmann, Karen , 1954-
The Stockholm Octavo : a novel / by Karen Engelmann. - New York, NY : Harper Collins Publishers , c2012. - 410 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town--a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor--until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision--if he can find them.
9780061995347
98019564
Fortune-telling by cards----Fiction
Stockholm----History----Sweden----18th century----Fiction
PS3555.N413 / O76 1998
FIC ENG
The Stockholm Octavo : a novel / by Karen Engelmann. - New York, NY : Harper Collins Publishers , c2012. - 410 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town--a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor--until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision--if he can find them.
9780061995347
98019564
Fortune-telling by cards----Fiction
Stockholm----History----Sweden----18th century----Fiction
PS3555.N413 / O76 1998
FIC ENG
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