# Ebba Dohna — The Story of Gösta Berling character guide

> Ebba Dohna in The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the young Ebba Dohna, young Ebba Dohna

**First appearance:** 0016-part-i-xii-ebba-dohna-s-story

## Who they are

A tragic young woman who dies after a broken heart.

## In the story

### [II: The Beggar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/ii-the-beggar)

The young sister of Count Henrik Dohna, with whom Gösta fell in love while tutoring at Borg; her death led him to abandon hope of a normal life.

### [Ebba Dohna's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-xii-ebba-dohna-s-story)

Her tragic story is recounted: she died after choosing death over marrying Gösta, whom she deemed unworthy of her devotion to God.

## Links

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