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
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, Lagerlöf assured her place in Swedish letters with this 1891 novel. The eponymous hero, a country pastor whose appetite for alcohol and indiscretions ends his career, falls in with a dozen vagran
A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave, as a stolen ring brings suffering and violent death to innocent and guilty alike until it is restored to its rightful owner in his tomb. Selma Lagerlof was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in liter
Dottern Klara Fina Gulleborg är livets ljus för den värmländske torparen Jan i Skrotlycka. När hon ger sig iväg till storstaden och dras till det lättsinniga livet där spränger hans vanmäktiga faderskärlek allt förstånd, och han vandrar in i
When I was five years old I had such a great sorrow! I hardly know if I have had a greater since then. It was then that my grandmother died. Up to that time, she used to sit every day on the corner sofa in her room, and tell stories. I remember grandmothe
Everyone who believes Easter is about more than bunnies and eggs will be grateful for this new collection of short stories that shed light on the deeper meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these classic tales ca
En närmast gotisk roman baserad på verkliga händelser i Bohuslän på 1570-talet. Prästen Herr Arne blir mördad med hela sin familj, utom en ung flicka som överlever. Hennes öde vävs sedan samman med mördarnas. Berättelsen har både kosmiska dim
Huvudpersonerna är den unge prästen Karl Artur Ekenstedt och hans hustru, Anna Svärd, som han anser sig ha fått Guds befallning att gifta sig med, detta efter att hans förbindelse med Charlotte Löwensköld brutits. I berättelsen vävs också in må
