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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909 — the first woman to be so honored — Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was a gifted storyteller whose writings were often tinged with the supernatural and rooted in the sagas and legends of her homeland.
She secured her reputation as a children's-book author with The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, long considered a masterpiece of children's literature. Written at the request of Swedish school authorities and first published in 1906, it is the enchanting and remarkably original tale of Nils Holgersson, a mischievous boy of 14 who is changed by an elf into a tiny being able to understand the speech of birds and animals.
Brilliantly weaving fact and fiction into a breathtaking and beautiful fable, the story recounts Nils's adventures as he is transported over the countryside on the back of a goose. From this vantage point, Nils witnesses a host of events that provide young readers with an abundance of information about nature, geography, folklore, animal life, and more.
Reset in easy-to-read type and enhanced with 10 new illustrations, this inexpensive, unabridged edition will bring new generations of readers under the magical spell of a timeless classic.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Gösta Berling's Saga https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/54423-gosta_berlings_saga.html https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/54423-gosta_berlings_saga.html

The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, Lagerlöf assured her place in Swedish letters with this 1891 novel. The eponymous hero, a country pastor whose appetite for alcohol and indiscretions ends his career, falls in with a dozen vagrant Swedish cavaliers and enters into a power struggle with the richest woman in the province. The book has a Faustian theme revolving around a possible deal with the Devil. It also deals with social issues such as poverty and depression, as well as mixing in elements of myths and humorous love stories.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/506178-the_wonderful_adventure_of_nils_holgersson.html https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/506178-the_wonderful_adventure_of_nils_holgersson.html

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

Scandinavia's best-loved children's classic - the enchanting story of a naughty little boy who learns to love nature 'Never before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, and he had always liked riding fast and wild. And he had never thought that it could feel as fresh as it did up in the air, and that such a good smell of topsoil and resin rose up from the earth. It was like flying away from worries and sorrows and annoyances of any sort that could be imagined.']]> Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:05:37 +0200 The Saga of Gosta Berling https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/439994-the_saga_of_gosta_berling.html https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/439994-the_saga_of_gosta_berling.html

One hundred years ago, Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. She assured her place in Swedish letters with this sweeping historical epic, her first and best-loved novel, and the basis for the 1924 silent film of the same name that launched Greta Garbo to stardom. Set in 1820s Sweden, it tells the story of a defrocked minister named Gösta Berling. After his appetite for alcohol and previous indiscretions end his career, Berling finds a home at Ekeby, an ironworks estate owned by Margareta Celsing, the "Majoress," that also houses and assortment of eccentric veterans of the Napoleanic Wars. Berling's defiant and poetic spirit proves magnetic to a string of women, who fall under his spell against the backdrop of political intrigue at Margareta's estate and the magnificent wintry beauty of rural Sweden.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2015 20:34:23 +0200 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/439995-the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_holgersson.html https://realistic-fiction.library.land/selma-lagerlof/439995-the_wonderful_adventures_of_nils_holgersson.html

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson

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