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The story in 10 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A Grandmother Brings Gunvor to Bragehall

   Gunvor Eiden, eighteen and orphaned, travels by train in October with her grandmother, Margareta Eiden, toward the old castle of Bragehall. The dying count wishes to see them. On the journey Gunvor learns that her grandmother hopes to make her the young count's bride.

   Gunvor is the heiress of Eiden and Company, a firm founded by a peddler from Savoy who sold plaster figures. She grew up with strict governesses and a grandmother whose word is law. She longs for happiness without knowing what it looks like.

   At the station she meets young Count Haqvin Brage, polite and soft, and she sees a knight. At the gate she reads the family motto, Fac et nihil spera, which means act, and hope for nothing. She shudders while Haqvin laughs lightly. Grandmother's plan is simple: Gunvor's millions will restore the estate, and Haqvin will give it an heir. A choice made out of trust can still be a choice made for someone else.

2. 2

   Margareta Loves a Man She Could Not Marry

   In the sickroom the old count lies close to death, and Margareta stops on the threshold like a woman of twenty.

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3. 3

   A Courtship Made of Borrowed Phrases

   For weeks Gunvor and Haqvin ride out together in the autumn sun.

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4. 4

   The Wedding Day and the Gray Man

   While the castle is scrubbed for the wedding, Haqvin has secrets.

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5. 5

   Stockholm Teaches Gunvor What Marriage Means

   On the train to Stockholm, Haqvin treats his bride like a possession.

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6. 6

   A Stranger Returns and Stirs the Castle

   Four years later, on an Easter morning, Eric Gyldenlo sits at the village inn, newly arrived to take over a run-down estate named Lögenäs.

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7. 7

   Midsummer, a Sealed Room and a Fierce Argument

   In May Eric tells the family about the wild nights in the sealed room, polishing them into a fairy tale.

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8. 8

   Duty Against Freedom Drives the Story

   The deepest conflict in Noble Game is between duty and freedom.

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9. 9

   Money, Rank and Love Cannot Be Separated

   Money runs through the book like a second plot.

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10. 10

    A Haunted House Tells the Story in Symbols

    The author tells the story in a lively, emotional voice.

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