The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Wonderful Adventures of NilsWinner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909 the first woman to be so honored Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlf (18581940) 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

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this collection was assembled and recounted by a well-known and much-loved storyteller

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