Selma Lagerlöf poetically recorded old Norse fairytales and profoundly influenced Swedish identity. Her work was so brilliant, she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. In old age, she turned her poetic pen to her own life, recalling winters in the 1860s at her beloved Varmland farmhouse, Mårbaka.
For our annual Christmas Special, we bring her poignant memoirs to life, accompanied by an audio feast of traditional Swedish music. God Jul!
Music featured in this episode was generously shared by Blås, Balg & Tagel, Haga Vokalensemble, MrsBean 1987, Kevin MacLeod, Aaron Kenny, DJ Williams, The Westerlies, and Wayne Jones.
You can find a digital copy of Mårbaka and all Selma Lagerlöf's books at Gutenberg Project.
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THE MAID OF MONTEREY Maria Ruiz de Burton
THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTRESS Sahib Gizzatullina
THE SISTERS Jane and Anna Maria Porter
THE SAGE Gargi Vachaknavi
THE RADICAL Lola Ridge
THE VISIONARY Hildegard of Bingen
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN Adelaide Herrmann
THE MUSICIAN Mary Lou Williams
THE PHILOSOPHER Margaret Cavendish
THE UNSINKABLE Margaret “Molly” Brown
THE PRINCESS Te Puea Herangi
THE BOOK MISSIONARY Mary Lemist Titcomb
THE SINNER Pearl DeVere
THE SAINT Margaret Clitherow
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