The Girl from the Marsh Croft

by Selma Lagerlöf · 1908

A wronged servant girl's honesty in court sets in motion a quiet story of redemption in rural Sweden.

Books mentioned in The Girl from the Marsh Croft (4)

• Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne: “reading a Jules Verne romance entitled 'Six Weeks in a Balloon.' The book is much worn.”
• A Thousand and One Nights: “she strung together stories of the Sultans in 'Thousand and One Nights.'”
• Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson: “Walter Scott's heroes, and Snorre Sturleson's 'Kings of Romance.'”
• The Tales of Ensign Stål by Johan Ludvig Runeberg: “the original plan was that it should be a romance cycle, like 'Fänrik Stål's Sagas.'”