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Selma Lagerlöf
Born
in Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden
November 20, 1858
Died
March 06, 1940
Genre
Influences
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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1906
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843 editions
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The Emperor of Portugalia
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1914
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11 editions
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Gösta Berling's Saga
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1891
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5 editions
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En herrgårdssägen
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published
1899
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73 editions
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Jerusalem
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Herr Arnes penningar
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published
1904
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5 editions
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The Löwensköld Ring
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published
1925
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6 editions
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Körkarlen
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published
1912
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73 editions
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La leggenda della rosa di Natale
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published
1910
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4 editions
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Морбакка
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1922
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18 editions
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“Have you ever seen a child sitting on its mother’s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told of cruel giants and of the terrible suffering of beautiful princesses, it holds its head up and its eyes open; but if the mother begins to speak of happiness and sunshine, the little one closes its eyes and falls asleep with its head against her breast. . . . I am a child like that, too. Others may like stories of flowers and sunshine; but I choose the dark nights and sad destinies.”
― Gösta Berling's Saga
― Gösta Berling's Saga
“What Gosta,' he said to himself, 'can you no longer endure? You have been hardened in poverty all of your life; you have heard every tree in the forest, every tuft in the meadows preach to you of sacrifice and patience. You, brought up in a country where the winter is severe, and the summer joy is very short, have you forgotten the art of bearing your trials?
'Oh Gosta, a man must bear all that life gives him with a courageous heart and a smile on his lips, else he is no man. Sorrow as much as you will. If you love your beloved, let your conscience burn and chafe within you, but show yourself a man and a Varmlander. Let your glances beam with joy, and meet your friends with a gay word on your lips! Life and nature are hard. They bring forth courage and joy as a counterweight against their own hardness, or no one could endure them...”
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'Oh Gosta, a man must bear all that life gives him with a courageous heart and a smile on his lips, else he is no man. Sorrow as much as you will. If you love your beloved, let your conscience burn and chafe within you, but show yourself a man and a Varmlander. Let your glances beam with joy, and meet your friends with a gay word on your lips! Life and nature are hard. They bring forth courage and joy as a counterweight against their own hardness, or no one could endure them...”
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Polls
April 2020 Old School Poll
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445pages
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages
Oroonoko by Aphra Behn 1688, 144 pages
Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf 1891, 368 pages
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 1857, 418 pages
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 1896, 224 pages
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