The narrative spans several generations in the 19th century, and focuses on several families in dalarna, sweden, and a community of swedish emigrants in jerusalem. Selma lagerlof 18581940 was a swedish writer whose stories have been translated into many languages. The holy night is a story by selma lagerlof written sometime during the early 1900s about a beggar who finds compassion in a shepherd on christmas eve. Name of writer, number pages in ebook and size are given in our post. A universal theme runs through all of them a belief that the essential goodness in a human being can be awakened through understanding and love. The book has recently appeared at casa radio publishi. The holy night is a story by selma lagerlof written sometime during the early 1900s about a.
Selma lagerlof archivos pub libros, epub, mobi, pdf. Her father, a navy officer, and her mother often read to the. He plods along the road and moves from one place to another but still does not feel welcomed anywhere. This story by selma lagerlof is about a poor vagabond who went around selling rattrap. Tale thott y otras historias lagerlof, selma 1970571 22f novela sueca siglo xx tartessos. His life was full of struggles and misery as he had to resort to begging and petty thievery for survival. This story is set amidst the mines of sweden, rich in iron ore. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. I did not expect a great story mostly because in 1902, the swedish ministry of education commissioned selma lagerlof to write the adventure as a way to make geography a bit more entertaining for school children. The drawings illustrate nils holgersson, a childrens book by selma lagerlof. The wonderful adventures of nils the further adventures of nils. Summary of the rattrap by selma lagerlof cbse class 12. Yet, beneath the surface, she was an exceptionally wellread woman who clearly drew from.