The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - Brossura

Lagerlof, Selma; Kliros, Thea; Howard, Velma Swanston

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486286118 ISBN 13: 9780486286112

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1995

Riassunto

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909  — the first woman to be so honored — Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was a gifted storyteller whose writings were often tinged with the supernatural and rooted in the sagas and legends of her homeland.
She secured her reputation as a children's-book author with  The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, long considered a masterpiece of children's literature. Written at the request of Swedish school authorities and first published in 1906, it is the enchanting and remarkably original tale of Nils Holgersson, a mischievous boy of 14 who is changed by an elf into a tiny being able to understand the speech of birds and animals.
Brilliantly weaving fact and fiction into a breathtaking and beautiful fable, the story recounts Nils's adventures as he is transported over the countryside on the back of a goose. From this vantage point, Nils witnesses a host of events that provide young readers with an abundance of information about nature, geography, folklore, animal life, and more.
Reset in easy-to-read type and enhanced with 10 new illustrations, this inexpensive, unabridged edition will bring new generations of readers under the magical spell of a timeless classic.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0486286118
• ISBN 13: 9780486286112
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Disegnatore: Kliros Thea