The Saga of Gösta Berling

Selma Lagerlöf, George C. Schoolfield, Paul Norlen

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Swedish

Penguin
27 June 2011

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

The first new English translation in more than one hundred years of the Swedish Gone with the Wind

A Penguin Classic

In 1909, Selma Lagerl f became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Saga of G sta Berling isher 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, G sta 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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Selma Lagerlöf
Introduction by: George C. Schoolfield
Translated by: Paul Norlen
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780143105909
ISBN 10: 0143105906
Pages: 399
Publication Date: 27 June 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.