Le merveilleux voyage de Nils Holgersson à travers la Suède

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909  — the first woman to be so

honored — Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) 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 authorities and first published in

1906, it is the enchanting and remarkably original tale of Nils Holgersson, a

mischievous boy of 14 who is changed by an elf into a tiny being able to

understand the speech of birds and animals.

Brilliantly weaving fact and fiction into a breathtaking and beautiful fable,

the story recounts Nils's adventures as he is transported over the countryside

on the back of a goose. From this vantage point, Nils witnesses a host of

events that provide young readers with an abundance of information about

nature, geography, folklore, animal life, and more.

Reset in easy-to-read type and enhanced with 10 new illustrations, this

inexpensive, unabridged edition will bring new generations of readers under

the magical spell of a timeless classic.