 Before the story ends, Gösta Berling is redeemed, and even the old Mistress of Ekeby is permitted to come to her old home to die.It was first translated by Lillie Tudeer in 1894 as "Gösta Berling's Saga", but was unavailable in the US and soon out of print in the UK.This edition was re-printed in 1918 by the American-Scandinavian Foundation with edits and 8 additional chapters that had been quietly omitted from the 1894 edition.