The book follows the adventures of a young lad, Nils Holgersson, whose "chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief". He takes great delight in hurting the animals on his family farm. Nils captures a tomte in a net while his family are at church and have left him home to memorize chapters from the Bible/5(). Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (in ), and her / (appearing in two volumes) children’s novel Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (which I am presently reading in a German translation of both volumes with the title of Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise mit den Wildgänsen and which in English translations usually /5. · Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in — the first woman to be so honored — Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (–) 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 Brand: BR Samizdat Express.
"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" is a famous work of fiction by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, published in two parts in and The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in to write a geography reader for the public schools. Selma Lagerlöf. Surface and Depth. In many countries around the world welcomed The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and the other works of the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf into the public domain. Jenny Watson looks at the importance of Lagerlöf's oeuvre and the complex depths beneath her seemingly simple tales and public persona. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Paperback - Decem by Selma Lagerloef (Author), Velma Howard (Translator) out of 5 stars ratings.
Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (in ), and her / (appearing in two volumes) children’s novel Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (which I am presently reading in a German translation of both volumes with the title of Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise mit den Wildgänsen and which in English translations usually appears as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils for volume one and The Further Adventures of Nils for. Nils' adventures are those any child could wish to experience, be it only in their dreams, and turn out to be a fantastic tool to learn Sweden's geography and mores in a very recreative way. The vocabulary of birds, trees and plants is quite rich and widens children's knowledge consequently. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. It was originally published in two books, and , and was first published in English as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and The Further Adventures of Nils. The two parts are later usually published together, in English as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, but that name may also refer to the first part alone. Like many leading Swedish.
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