Published in 2009
434 pages
Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1909. She is known around the world for her classic children’s book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson.
What is this book about?
In 1909, Selma Lagerlöf became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Saga of Gösta Berling is her first and best-loved novel—and the basis for the 1924 silent film of the same name that launched Greta Garbo into stardom. A defrocked minister, Gösta Berling finds a home at Ekeby, an ironworks estate that also houses and assortment of eccentric veterans of the Napoleanic Wars. His defiant and poetic spirit proves magnetic to a string of women, who fall under his spell in this sweeping historical epic set against the backdrop of the magnificent wintry beauty of rural Sweden.
