Lagerlöf, Selma
"Le Merveilleux voyage de Nils Holgersson à travers la Suède" by Selma Lagerlöf is a work of fiction originally published in 1906 and 1907. A mischievous boy who delights in tormenting animals captures a tomte and faces magical consequences—he's shrunk to tiny size. Clinging to the neck of his family's goose, Nils embarks on an extraordinary journey across Sweden's provinces with a flock of wild geese, encountering adventures that challenge him to prove his worth and transform his character. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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