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The Saga of Goesta Berling Selma Lagerloef

The Saga of Goesta Berling By Selma Lagerloef

The Saga of Goesta Berling by Selma Lagerloef


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Summary

Set in 1820s Sweden, this title tells the story of a defrocked minister named Gosta Berling.

The Saga of Goesta Berling Summary

The Saga of Goesta Berling by Selma Lagerloef

One hundred years ago, Selma Lagerloef became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. She assured her place in Swedish letters with this sweeping historical epic, her first and best-loved novel, and the basis for the 1924 silent film of the same name that launched Greta Garbo to stardom. Set in 1820s Sweden, it tells the story of a defrocked minister named Goesta Berling. After his appetite for alcohol and previous indiscretions end his career, Berling finds a home at Ekeby, an ironworks estate owned by Margareta Celsing, the Majoress, that also houses and assortment of eccentric veterans of the Napoleanic Wars. Berling's defiant and poetic spirit proves magnetic to a string of women, who fall under his spell against the backdrop of political intrigue at Margareta's estate and the magnificent wintry beauty of rural Sweden.

The Saga of Goesta Berling Reviews

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

About Selma Lagerloef

Selma Lagerloef (1858-1940) was a teacher in a girls' secondary school before she became a full-time writer. She is known around the world for her classic children's book The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson and she was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in 1909.

Additional information

GOR004382346
9780143105909
0143105906
The Saga of Goesta Berling by Selma Lagerloef
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20110106
399
N/A
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