Readers of Miss Lagerlof will observe that in this, her latest book, "The Girl from the Marsh Croft," the Swedish author has abandoned her former world of Romanticism and has entered the field of Naturalism and Realism. This writer's romantic style is most marked, perhaps, in her first successful work, "Gosta Berling." How "The Story of Gosta Berling" grew, and the years required to perfect it, is told in the author's unique literary autobiography, "The Story of a Story," which is embodied in the present volume. In "The Girl from the Marsh Croft" Miss Lagerlof has courageously chosen a girl...
Readers of Miss Lagerlof will observe that in this, her latest book, "The Girl from the Marsh Croft," the Swedish author has abandoned her former worl...
El pequeno Nils Holgersson ha sido convertido en un duende en castigo por su mal comportamiento. Para romper el hechizo y volver a ser un nino debera acompanar a una bandada de gansos en su viaje a traves de Suecia. Junto a ellos vivira numerosas aventuras, unas peligrosas y otras divertidas, pero ninguna le dejara indiferente. Este va a ser para Nils el viaje de su vida, el descubrimiento de un mundo que le cambiara para siempre y le convertira en persona, en todos los sentidos. El maravilloso viaje de Nils Holgersson es una famosa obra de ficcion de la autora sueca Selma Lagerlof, publicada...
El pequeno Nils Holgersson ha sido convertido en un duende en castigo por su mal comportamiento. Para romper el hechizo y volver a ser un nino debera ...
-From a Swedish Homestead- by the Swedish author Selma Lagerloef is a collection of stories and legends, taking in Sweden, Kungahalla on the west-coast at the time between Heathendom and early Christianity and some from Italy and Belgium. The first story, the short Novel -The Story of a Country House-, is the story of how a young orphan girl, Ingrid, who becomes the instrument of saving the student Gunnar Hede, who has lost his wits and memory by a terrible experience. As told by the author herself -it is a both fascinating and sweet story, as are all the others.-
-From a Swedish Homestead- by the Swedish author Selma Lagerloef is a collection of stories and legends, taking in Sweden, Kungahalla on the west-coas...