The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

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Courier Corporation, 1995/06/13 - 219 ページ
Considered a masterpiece since first published in 1907, this enchanting, remarkably original work by a Nobel Prize-winning author records the adventures of a mischievous 14-year-old who is changed into a tiny being, transported across the Swedish countryside on the back of a goose, and learns about nature, geography, and folklore.
 

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THE
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AKKA FROM KEBNEKAISE
20
THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS
38
GLIMMINGE CASTLE
59
THE GREAT CRANE DANCE ON KULLABERG
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IN RAINY WEATHER
84
THE STAIRWAY WITH THE THREE STEPS
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BY RONNEBY RIVER
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ÖLANDs SouTHERN POINT
119
THE BIG BUTTERFLY
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TWO CITIES
143
THE LEGEND OF SMALAND
157
THE OLD PEASANT WOMAN
178
FROM TABERG TO HUSKVARNA
189
ULVASALADY
209
THE HOMESPUN CLOTH
215

KARLSKRONA
104

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Selma Lagerlof, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1909, was the first woman to be elected a member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel, The Story of Gosta Berling (1891), assured her position as Sweden's greatest storyteller. She retold the folk tales of her native province, Varmland, in an original and poetic prose. As a woman writer, Lagerlof early on gained a reputation as a naive purveyor of native traditions, but she herself compared writing a novel to solving a mathematical problem. Her artistry entails making her stories seem simple, but they are told with great attention to symbolism, psychology, and narrative technique. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906) is a delightful fantasy written to teach children about Swedish geography, but it has found an international audience. Her third novel and masterpiece, Jerusalem (1901--02), the story of farmers from Dalarna who follow their faith to the Holy City, was widely praised for its insights into the lives of peasants searching for a spiritual ideal. During World War II, Lagerlof helped many German artists and intellectuals escape the Nazis, even donating her gold Nobel Prize medal to a benefit fund to help Finland. She died of a stroke on March 16, 1940.

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