For the English-speaking readers at least, Lagerlöf is probably best known for Gösta Berling (1891) (one of my favorite books of all time) and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906) (haven't read it yet, but I loved the animation when I was little). I liked Troll och Människor more than I did The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1908), but I can't yet say that anyone should go out of their way to try to find her lesser known translated works.

The entire collection is beautifully written, but as far as stories that held my interest go, the ones that stood out were The Changeling (a mother's love and belief in kindness saves her family when her child is replaced with a troll child), Vattnet i Kyrkviken (a folklore-inspired story about a priest who tries to stop a man from drowning, but the man thinks he's protected by water sprites), and Gammal fäbodsägen (a girl stays alone at a cattle hut making cheese, when a cauldron warns her of danger with the voice of an old lady).

Lagerlöf is definitely at her best in supernatural stories, but the four speeches (including the one she made when she won the Nobel prize in 1909, and one that she made in favor of women's voting rights) were interesting as well in terms of finding more about her as a person. Lagerlöf completionists, or people who are more enthusiastic about her other work than I am, might enjoy the collection a tad more than I did. Collections such as these can easily feel like the publisher just dumped extra material in one book, and in this case I can see the beginnings of at least three separate books.

Still, I have an amazing 1915 copy (with a dedication: "To Wiena, Christmas 1915. Love, Mother"), so even if I hadn't been impressed by any of the stories, I would have wanted to keep it in my shelf.