An economical and haunting tale, published in book form in 1904 and set in the sixteenth century on the snowbound west coast of Sweden, Lord Arne's Silver is a classic from the pen of an author consummately skilled in the deployment of narrative power and ambivalence. A story of robbery and murder, [...]

The Lowenskold Ring (1925) is the first volume of the trilogy considered to have been Selma Lagerlof's last work of prose fiction. Set in the Swedish province of Varmland in the eighteenth century, the narrative traces the consequences of the theft of General Lowenskold's ring from his coffin, and [...]

Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey through Sweden (1906-07) is truly unique. Starting life as a commissioned school reader designed to present the geography of Sweden to nine-year-olds, it quickly won the international fame and popularity it still enjoys over a century later. The story of the naugh[...]

Die Autorin betrachtet am Beispiel der Literaten Knut Hamsun, Herman Bang und Selma Lagerlof die Praktik der Autorenlesung in Skandinavien um 1900. Sie fragt zunachst nach der Geschichte, den unterschiedlichen Auspragungen und den Kontexten dieser Praktik, um dann in systematisch-komparatistischen S[...]