"Herr Arne's Hoard" is a 1904 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. Its original Swedish title is "Herr Arnes penningar," which means "Sir Arne's money". Set in Bohuslän...

At the bottom of the dried out Svartsjö lake (Black Lake) lies the Lövdala Parsonage with its stables and outhouses. There resides the good-hearted, widowed Pastor Lyselius and...

"The Emperor of Portugallia" by Selma Lagerlof was first published in 1914 in Sweden and in 1916 in English. The story is set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870 and centers on Jan...

Jerusalem is a novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlof. The narrative spans several generations in the 19th century, and focuses on several families in Dalarna, Sweden, and a...

Once there was a boy. He was something like fourteen years old; long and loose-jointed and towheaded. He wasn’t good for much, that boy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep;...

Invisible Links (Osynliga länkar) is a collection of short stories with an underlying theme about the links that influence and guide people’s actions and lives. It was first...

The Story is set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870. In the centre is Jan of Ruffluck Croft. He loves his daughter more than anything, but when she moves to Stockholm and never...

At the bottom of the dried out Svartsjö lake (Black Lake) there lies the Lövdala Parsonage with its stables and outhouses. There resides the goodhearted, widowed, Pastor...

In the short Easter story "Saint Veronica's Kerchief", an elderly woman brings the healing love of Christ to a dying Emperor. A beautiful narrative of the...

Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858 -1940) nasceu em Mårbacka, Suécia e se consagrou como uma das maiores escritoras de seu tempo. Foi poeta, contista e professora. Em 1909...