THE MIRACLES OF ANTICHRIST was written following a trip of Selma Lagerlof's to Sicily. While there, she heard -- and was inspired by -- a Sicilian legend: "When Antichrist comes, he shall seem as Christ. There shall be great want, and Antichrist shall go from land to land and give bread to the poor. And he shall find many followers." Selma Lagerlof was the first woman and the first Swedish author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. She was considered one of Sweden's most beloved authors; the Swedish Academy declared that their recognition of her was "for reason of the noble idealism, the wealth of imagination, the soulful quality of style, which characterize her works."

Product Description: It took place in the court room of a rural district. At the head of the Judges' table sits an old Judge—a tall and massively built man, with a broad, rough-hewn visage. For several hours he has been engaged in deciding one case after another, and finally something like disgust and melancholy has taken hold of him...read more

Product Description: As yet the only woman winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the prize awarded to Kipling, Maeterlinck, and Hauptmann, is the Swedish author of this book, "Jerusalem." The Swedish Academy, in recognizing Miss Selma Lagerlöf, declared that they did so "for reason of the noble idealism, the wealth of imagination, the soulful quality of style, which characterize her works...read more

Product Description: Jerusalem Novel By Selma Lagerlof

Excerpt: ..."It shines so white in the moonlight." At that moment they were passing one of the great storehouses, where foreign fisher-folk lodged while they lay at Marstrand. Before the entrance hung a lantern, which threw a feeble light upon the street. "Let us see what you have found, mistress," said Sir Philip, standing under the light. Elsalill held up the coin to the lantern, and hardly had she cast eye upon it when she cried out: "This is Herr Arne's money! I know it well. This is Herr Arne's money!" "What's that you say, mistress?" asked Sir Reginald. "What makes you say it is Herr Arne's money?" "I know the coin," said Elsalill. "I have often seen it in Herr Arne's hand. Yes, it is surely Herr Arne's money." "Shout not so loudly, mistress!" said Sir Philip. "People run here already to know the cause of this outcry." But Elsalill paid no heed to Sir Philip. She saw that the door of the warehouse stood open. A fire blazed in the midst of the floor and round about it sat a number of men conversing quietly and at leisure. Elsalill hastened in to them, holding the coin aloft. "Listen to me, every man!" she cried. "Now I know that Herr Arne's murderers are alive. Look here! I have found one of Herr Arne's coins." All the men turned toward her. She saw that Torarin the fish hawker sat among them. "What is that you tell us so noisily, my girl?" Torarin asked. "How can you know Herr Arne's moneys from any other?" "Well may I know this very piece of silver from any other," said Elsalill. "It is old and heavy, and it is chipped at the edge. Herr Arne told us that it came from the time of the old kings of Norway, and never would he part with it when he counted out money to pay for his goods." "Now you must tell us where you have found it, mistress," said another of the fishermen. "I found it rolling before me in the street," said Elsalill. "One of the murderers has surely dropped it there." "It may be as you say," said Torarin, "but what can we do in this matter?...

Diana of the Crossways retells a tale that may well have been true: Although Meredith was forced to attach a disclaimer to the novel, it was no secret when he wrote the book that he was writing about the life of Caroline Norton, granddaughter of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Unhappily married, the woman ("Diana"), takes a lover -- and becomes suspect when someone reveals an important political secret that she, as lover, was party to. A compelling study of a woman and her times.

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When I was five years old I had such a great sorrow! I hardly know if I have had a greater since then. It was then that my grandmother died. Up to that time, she used to sit every day on the corner sofa in her room, and tell stories. I remember grandmother told story after story from morning till night, and we children sat beside her, quite still, and listened. It was a glorious life! No other children had such happy times as we did. It isn't much that I recollect about my grandmother. I remember that she had very beautiful snow-white hair, and stooped when she walked, and that she always sat and knitted a stocking. And I even remember that when she had finished a story, she used to lay her hand on my head and say: "All this is as true, as true as that I see you and you see me." I also remember that she could sing songs, but this she did not do every day. One of the songs was about a knight and a sea-troll, and had this refrain: "It blows cold, cold weather at sea . . ."

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Product Description: På Grimön i den västra skärgården bodde för några år sedan en man och en hustru, som voro varandra mycket olika. Mannen, som var omkring femton år äldre än hustrun, hade aldrig varit annat än ful, trög och senfärdig och hade inte blivit bättre på gamla dar, hustrun åter hade alltid varit nätt och lätt, och hennes lilla vackra ansikte hade bibehållit sig så väl, att hon såg närapå lika bra ut vid femtio som vid tjugu...read more

Product Description: When I was five years old I had such a great sorrow! I hardly know if I have had a greater since. It was then my grandmother died. Up to that time, she used to sit every day on the corner sofa in her room, and tell stories. I remember that grandmother told story after story from morning till night, and that we children sat beside her, quite still, and listened...read more

Product Description: The Wonderful Journey of Nils is so well known in Swedish culture that a picture of Nils Holgersson, on the back of a goose flying over the plains of Scania, is printed on the reverse side of the Swedish 20 krona banknote. The background for publication was a commission from the National Teachers Association in 1902 to write a geography reader for the public schools...read more

Product Description: Gösta Berling ist das Erstlingswerk der schwedischen Schriftstellerin Selma Lagerlöf. Er spielt im Värmland der 1820er Jahre und handelt von dem abgesetzten Pfarrer Gösta Berling. Dieser wird zum Anführer der so genannten Kavaliere auf Ekeby wird, ehemaligen Offizieren und verarmten Adligen, die auf Gut Ekeby eine Freistatt gefunden haben und ihre Tage mit Liebesabenteuern, Musizieren, Kartenspielen und ähnlichen Vergnügungen verbringen...read more

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By the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, an historical tale set in eighteenth century Sweden, in which the action is dominated by a mysterious ring which seems to blight the lives of those who own it. It is a disturbing saga of superstition and the supernatural, of revenge from beyond the grave, and in many ways, is a forerunner of modern feminist writing. A rather exotic ghost story."" - Publishers Weekly. ""[An] immensely sensitive translation, which achieves both the deceptive simplicity and the reverberating dimensions of Lagerlöf's text."" - Swedish Book Review.

Product Description: An economical and haunting tale, published in book form in 1904 and set in the sixteenth century on....

Product Description: Una gran epopeya rural por la primera mujer que obtuvo el Premio Nobel de Literatura.Jerusalén narra la trayectoria vital de un grupo de campesinos suecos que a finales del siglo XIX, empujados por la fe, abandonaron su país para establecerse en Palestina...read more

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