Nils: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and the Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson: Combined Unabridged Editions-Two Books (Lagerlof Selma)(Paperback)

BONUS: Ten new pages about Selma Lagerlof and Sweden added. Three landscape photos included. Selma Lagerlof is best known in America and worldwide for her masterpiece children's' stories: NILS: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and The Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson. Originally commissioned by the Swedish National Teachers' Society to teach introductory geography to young Swedish schoolchildren, these adventures, first published in 1906-1907, take flight when Nils, a Swedish imp, is magically reduced to elfin size, gets astride a gander who joins a flock of wild geese that fly a route covering the significant geographical and historical sites of all of Sweden. Along the way, they encounter the consequential elements of survival, both socially and environmentally: predator and victim, friend and foe, the land and its users. Told in a series of narratives, these adventures
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