[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Nils Holgersson's Journey with the Geese (Pocket Edition)

Author: (Swedish) Selma Lagerl?f
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The Story of Nils is the masterpiece of Selma Lagerl?f, the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate and a Swedish female writer. It tells the story of a boy named Nils riding on a white goose from his home and embarking on an adventure with a flock of wild geese for eight months. The entire book revolves around the main plot of Nils transforming from a human into a tiny thumb-sized creature and then reverting back to a human. It is interspersed with numerous Swedish folk tales and the geographical features of various regions in Sweden, as well as many standalone stories, fairy tales, and legends. This makes each chapter both self-contained and interconnected.