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'The book is grand,beautiful, exciting and poignant ... It is full of poetical phrasing ...yet allows for the naughty spirit of childhood to remain true' Guardian
'Neverbefore had Nils travelled around at such good speed, and he had alwaysliked riding fast and wild ... Nor had he thought what it might be liketo travel so high above the ground. But it was like flying away fromworries and sorrows and annoyances of every imaginable kind'
NilsHolgersson is a naughty boy who pulls the tails of cats and trips uphis mother while she is carrying the milk pail. Then one day hediscovers he has been magically turned into a tiny imp. He climbs on theback of a gander and takes off with a flock of wild geese as they flyover Sweden, soaring above patchwork fields, through storms, to castlesand lakes and even to a city under the sea. As he learns about theworld, he also learns what it means to care for living things, in SelmaLagerlöf's timeless and beloved fable.
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Grand, beautiful, exciting and poignant... This wise, rich text is a welcome addition to Penguin's Classics series