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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.... More

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 w... More

Early twentieth century novel from the Swedish author and first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.... More

Early twentieth century novel from the Swedish author and first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.... More

A Swedish tale of Glory Goldie Sunnycastle who goes to Stockholm to earn money for her parents.... More

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author and the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Known internationally for her children's story The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906-07) she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909 "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, viv... More

One afternoon Akka from Kebnekaise and her flock alighted on the shore of a forest lake. Spring was backward -- as it always is in the mountain districts. Ice covered all the lake save a narrow strip next the land. The geese at once plunged into the water to bathe and hunt for food. In the morning N... More

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils -- which is the work of Sweden's greatest fiction writer -- was first published in Stockholm, in December, 1906. Lagerl?f wrote it after a commission from the National Teachers' Association to write a reader for the public schools. She devoted three years to Nature s... More

JERUSALEM (1901-1902) by Selma Lagerlof, first woman author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a story of Swedish families caught up in desire and divine exultation. Homestead tradition and religious inspiration, love and duty, come in conflict in this inspirational and gently bittersweet per... More