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.

The Further Adventures of Nils

Literature & Fiction

Lagerlöf, Selma

Action & Adventure

Puffin Books

The first new English translation in more than one hundred years of the Swedish Gone with the Wind A Penguin Classic In 1909, Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Saga of Gösta Berling is her first and best-loved novel—and the basis for the 1924 silent film of the same name that launched Greta Garbo into stardom. A defrocked minister, Gösta Berling finds a home at Ekeby, an ironworks estate that also houses and assortment of eccentric veterans of the Napoleanic Wars. His defiant and poetic spirit proves magnetic to a string of women, who fall under his spell in this sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop of 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 than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Saga of Gosta Berling (Penguin Classics)

United States

Penguin Publishing Group

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.' Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents - until one day he wakes up as an elf. Deeply puzzled by his new status, he climbs on a gander's back and flies away with him, joining a flock of wild geese. As he is carried around Sweden, Nils learns everything about birds, animals, his country and good behaviour. Incredibly charming, elegantly translated and beautifully designed, The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson is a timeless classic loved by generations of children around the world.

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classic

Scandinavia’s best-loved children’s classic, from the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature A Penguin Classic Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents—until one day he wakes up as an elf. Deeply puzzled by his new status, he climbs on a gander’s back and flies away with him, joining a flock of wild geese. As he is carried around Sweden, Nils learns everything about birds, animals, his country and good behavior. Incredibly charming and poignant, The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson is a timeless classic loved by generations of children around the world.

Penguin Classics

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Gosta Berling's Saga (French Edition)

History

Wentworth Press

The book is about Nils Holgersson who is punished for his unkind behaviour to animals by being transformed into a boy no larger than an elf. The first part tells how Nils flies north on the back of a large gander, and of the exciting adventures that befall him once the wild geese have learned to trust him. The sequel starts twelve years before nils sets out on his travels and tells the story of Grayskin the elk and Helpless, the grass-snake, before returning to Nils once more, and old Akka, leader of the wild geese. Eventually Nils goes home, regaining his human form, a boy now wise enough to realize how important it is to be kind to all animals and birds.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Children's Illustrated Classics S.)

Children's Books

Everyman Ltd

The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, Selma Lagerlöf assured her place in Swedish letters with this 1891 novel. Inspsired by the legends, superstitions, and fairy tales of Lagerlöf's native Värmland region, Gösta Berling's Saga features a vivid cast of characters. The eponymous hero, a country pastor whose appetite for alcohol and indiscretions ends his ministerial career, falls in with a dozen vagrant Swedish cavaliers and enters into a power struggle with the richest woman in the province. Steeped in supernatural lore, the novel's colorful vignettes and striking symbolism continue to enchant readers around the world. Translated by Lillie Tudeer.

Gösta Berling's Saga

Contemporary

Dover Publications

Diary of Selma Lagerlof

Periodicals Service Co

»Mårbacka« ist der Name des Landguts, auf dem Selma Lagerlöf ihre glückliche Kindheit verbrachte und das sie später mit dem Preisgeld des Literaturnobelpreises zurückkaufen sollte. In ihrer Kindheitsautobiografie schildert die Autorin das Leben und die Menschen auf dem Gutshof, im Zentrum steht allerdings ihre im Alter von drei Jahren ohne erkennbaren Grund eingetretene Lähmung, die später ebenso überraschend wieder verschwand. Nach der Pleite des Vaters musste Selma Lagerlöf ihr Kindheitsparadies bereits mit zehn Jahren verlassen; die Erinnerungen daran wurden jedoch zur wesentlichen Inspirationsquelle ihres vor allem im ländlichen Schweden angesiedelten Werks.

Marbacka (English and Swedish Edition)

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The Story Of Gosta Berling

Kessinger Publishing

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The Further Adventures of Nils

The Saga of Gosta Berling (Penguin Classics)

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson

Gosta Berling's Saga (French Edition)

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Children's Illustrated Classics S.)

Gösta Berling's Saga

Diary of Selma Lagerlof

Marbacka (English and Swedish Edition)

The Story Of Gosta Berling