About the Author

Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940) was a teacher in a girl's secodary school before she became a full-time writer. She is known around the world for her classic children's book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Paul Norlen was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize in 2004. He lives in Seattle. George C. Schoolfield is professor emeritus of German and Scandinavian literature at Yale.

Reviews

Among [women novelists] of great talent or genius, none, in my opinion, is to be placed higher than Selma Lagerlof.
*Marguerite Yourcenar*