The Girl from the Marsh Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet) is a 1908 novella by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. The story has been adapted numerous times for film.
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| Author | Selma Lagerlöf |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tösen från Stormyrtorpet |
| Translator | Velma Swanston Howard |
| Language | Swedish |
| Publisher | Bonniers |
Publication date | 1908 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 1910 |
| Pages | 86 |
Publication
editThe story was originally featured in the collection En saga om en saga och andra sagor (English: A tale about a tale and other tales), published through Bonniers in 1908. The whole collection was published in English as The Girl from the Marsh Croft in 1910, translated by Velma Swanston Howard.[1] The story was republished in Sweden in 1917 in its own volume.
Adaptations
editSeven film adaptations exist. The first was a 1917 adaptation by Victor Sjöström, known as The Lass from the Stormy Croft, which was a vital early part of what is known as the Golden Age of Swedish Silent Cinema. The other versions are a German and a Turkish in 1935, a Finnish in 1940, another Swedish in 1947, a Danish in 1952 and another German in 1958.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Selma Lagerlöf - Bibliography". nobelprize.org. Nobel Media. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
- ^ "Tösen från Stormyrtorpet (1917): Kommentar". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
External links
edit
The Girl From the Marsh Croft public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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