diff --git a/parsel/selector.py b/parsel/selector.py
index 8d884a4..8717b40 100644
--- a/parsel/selector.py
+++ b/parsel/selector.py
@@ -745,8 +745,10 @@ def re_first(
 
     def get(self) -> Any:
         """
-        Serialize and return the matched nodes in a single string.
-        Percent encoded content is unquoted.
+        Serialize and return the matched nodes.
+
+        For HTML and XML, the result is always a string, and percent-encoded
+        content is unquoted.
         """
         if self.type in ("text", "json"):
             return self.root
@@ -873,7 +875,8 @@ def __bool__(self) -> bool:
     __nonzero__ = __bool__
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        data = repr(shorten(self.get(), width=40))
-        return f"<{type(self).__name__} query={self._expr!r} data={data}>"
+        return str(self.get())
 
-    __repr__ = __str__
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        data = repr(shorten(str(self.get()), width=40))
+        return f"<{type(self).__name__} query={self._expr!r} data={data}>"
diff --git a/tests/test_selector.py b/tests/test_selector.py
index c96ecf5..62867c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_selector.py
+++ b/tests/test_selector.py
@@ -1252,6 +1252,14 @@ def test_etree_root_invalid_type(self) -> None:
             type="json",
         )
 
+    def test_json_selector_representation(self) -> None:
+        selector = Selector(text="true")
+        assert repr(selector) == "<Selector query=None data='True'>"
+        assert str(selector) == "True"
+        selector = Selector(text="1")
+        assert repr(selector) == "<Selector query=None data='1'>"
+        assert str(selector) == "1"
+
 
 class ExsltTestCase(unittest.TestCase):