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Selma Lagerlöf

Born

in Mårbacka, Värmland, Sweden

November 20, 1858

Died

March 06, 1940

Genre

Magic Realism, Fiction, Children's Books

Influences

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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". She later also became the first female member of the Swedish Academy.

Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.

As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years befo ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 37,026 ratings · 2,783 reviews · 614 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf, Thea Kliros (Illustrator), Peter Klusen (Translator), Mathilde Mann (Translator), Mustafa Yalçıner (translator), Velma Swanston Howard (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 11,075 ratings — published 1906 — 643 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emperor of Portugalia 3.87 avg rating — 4,984 ratings — published 1914 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gösta Berling's Saga 3.67 avg rating — 4,742 ratings — published 1891 — 323 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En herrgårdssägen 3.58 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 1899 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herr Arnes penningar 3.43 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 1904 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerusalem (Jerusalem, #1) by Selma Lagerlöf, Velma Swanston Howard (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,124 ratings — published 1901 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Löwensköld Ring 3.73 avg rating — 1,007 ratings — published 1925 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Körkarlen 3.65 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 1912 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La leggenda della rosa di Natale 3.82 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 1910 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerusalem 4.04 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1901 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nils Holgersson (2 books)
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Löwensköldska ringen (3 books)
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3.83 avg rating — 2,468 ratings

Jerusalem (2 books)
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Mårbacka (3 books)
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3.82 avg rating — 513 ratings

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“Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.”
― Selma Lagerlöf

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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.”
― Selma Lagerlöf, Gösta Berling's Saga

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“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...”
― Selma Lagerlöf

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April 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

47 votes, 28.1%

1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 438 pages

34 votes, 20.4%

1895, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, 310 pages

21 votes, 12.6%

1794, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, 654 pages

14 votes, 8.4%

1897, Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, 161 pages

13 votes, 7.8%

1721, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 339 pages

12 votes, 7.2%

1844, Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas, 542 pages

11 votes, 6.6%

1778, Evelina by Fanny Burney, 455 pages

7 votes, 4.2%

1891, Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf, 368 pages

5 votes, 3.0%

1877, Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev, 355 pages

2 votes, 1.2%

1871, The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 132 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

167 total votes

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