Selma Lagerlöf was born at the Mårbacka homestead in Vermland, Sweden, Nov. 20, 1858. Although in poor health as a child, she early devoted herself to study, meanwhile gathering from the picturesque native environment a rich fund of poetic impressions afterwards freely utilized in her literary production. After due preparation she taught for ten years (1885-95) in the Elementary School for Girls in the city of Landskrona.
Her first published work, _Gösta Berlings saga_ (1891), The Story of Gösta Berling, is a powerful and magnificent re-creation of episodes from real life in Vermland about 1820. This romance won for her instant recognition at home and soon bore her name and fame to other la…
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