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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils – which is the work of Sweden's greatest fiction writer – was first published in Stockholm, in December, 1906. Lagerlöf wrote it after a commission from the National Teachers' Association to write a reader for the public schools. She devoted three years to Nature study and to familiarizing herself with animal and bird life; she sought out unpublished folklore and legends of the different provinces, and wove them all into her story. With no small success; the book immediately became the most popular book of the year in Scandinavia.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, Selma Lagerlöf
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- 2010
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Selma Lagerlöf
- Publisher
- Book Jungle
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 404
- ISBN13
- 9781438595481
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Nature, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Animals, Family, Classics, Friendship, Fairy Tales & Stories, Young Adult Fantasy, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Horses, Journey, Scandinavian Literature, Studying, Seas and Oceans, Sweden, Courage, Cities, Swedish literature, Nobel prize, Transformation, Help, Farms, Homesteads, Morality, Togetherness, Boys, Scandinavia, Bears, Drawings, Stockholm, Lapland, Geese, Nils Holgersson
- First published
- 1907
- Original title
- Nils Holgersson underbara resa genom Sverige
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
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- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils – which is the work of Sweden's greatest fiction writer – was first published in Stockholm, in December, 1906. Lagerlöf wrote it after a commission from the National Teachers' Association to write a reader for the public schools. She devoted three years to Nature study and to familiarizing herself with animal and bird life; she sought out unpublished folklore and legends of the different provinces, and wove them all into her story. With no small success; the book immediately became the most popular book of the year in Scandinavia.