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Kaleidoscope of Stories / Selma Lagerlöf ; translated by Sarah Death, Peter Graves and Linda Schenck.
Van Pelt Library PT9763 .K3513 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940, author.
- Series:
- Series B (Norvik Press) ; no. 87.
- Norvik Press series B ; no. 87
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940.
- Lagerlöf, Selma.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Norvik Press ; 2025.
- Language Note:
- Translated from Swedish.
- Summary:
- This new addition to Norvik Press's well-established 'Lagerl̲f in English' series turns the spotlight on the power of short stories. The volume contains a carefully chosen selection of Lagerl̲f's most important stories covering a range of themes, genres and periods of her career, translated by our prize-winning trio of Lagerl̲f translators, Linda Schenck, Peter Graves and Sarah Death. Key autobiographical pieces, morality tales both dark and light, legends from several lands and folklore-inspired narratives combine to reveal the breadth and stylistic range of Lagerl̲f's storytelling skills. This is a collection of interest to general readers but also a useful teaching tool for Swedish and comparative literature courses around the world. The book includes a comprehensive and accessible introduction by Lagerl̲f specialist Bjarne Thorup Thomsen (University of Edinburgh). The nine stories have been arranged into three thematic sections: Women and Writing; Landscapes, Families and 'Others'; Epochs, Societies and Values. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Series preface / Helema Forsas-Scott
- Introduction: Selma Lagerl̲f and the short story / Bjarne Thorup Thomsen
- Women, work and writing : Two prohecies
- Miss Fredrika
- Landscapes, families and 'others' : God's peace at Christmas
- The changeling
- The fiddler
- Epochs, societies and values : The outlaws
- The silver mine
- The sacred image in Lucca
- The mist.
- ISBN:
- 9781909408739
- 1909408735
- OCLC:
- 1527148740
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