Favorite fairy tales by Astrid. Swedish magical stories about gnomes, trolls, and other creatures

Do you want to know which fairy tales the great Swedish writers Astrid Lindgren and Selma Lagerlöf grew up on and what folktales inspired them? Paradoxically, the amazing Fairy Universe from which Karlsson, Nils, and Pippi Longstocking emerged is still practically unknown to our readers.
To fill this gap, we present to you a collection of Swedish folktales, carefully extracted from various books and periodicals of the 19th century, permeated with national spirit and featuring an unmatched richness and purity of language.
Almost all the fairy tales included in this book are published for the FIRST TIME since 1902. And the magnificent classic translations by E. Chistyakova-Vear and S. Kublitskaya-Piotukh make this edition even more valuable and in demand.
In the mesmerizing stories, where fantastic creatures - trolls, gnomes, elves - are invariably present, the spirit of great Scandinavia is felt, in their calm, epic narrative lies quiet majesty, commanding people of all ages and interests, and the engaging plots reflect in a mirror the character of the people, their culture, and customs.