Ovind: A Story of Country Life in Norway
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Chapters (53)
- OVIND:
- A Story of Country Life in Norway,
- BJÖRNSTJERNE BJÖRNSON.
- TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN "EN GLAD GUT,"
- SIVERT AND ELIZABETH HJERLEID.
- LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO. MIDDLESBROUGH: BURNETT AND HOOD.
- TRANSLATORS' PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- OVIND.
- Chap. I.
- Chap. II
- Chap. III
- Chap. IV
- Chap. V
- Chap. VI
- Chap. VII
- Chap. VIII
- Chap. IX
- Chap. X
- Chap. XI
- Chap. XII
- THE EAGLE'S NEST.
- THE FATHER.
- CHAP. I.
- THE LOST GOAT.
- CHAP. II.
- AT SCHOOL.
- CHAP. III.
- THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY.
- CHAP. IV.
- TWO BRIGHT BUTTONS AND ONE BLACK.
- CHAP. V.
- A NEW AIM IN LIFE.
- CHAP. VI.
- NOT QUITE FAIR.
- CHAP. VII.
- A VOICE FROM THE RIDGE.
- CHAP. VIII.
- BE SURE THAT YOU BURN IT.
- CHAP. IX.
- OVIND THROWS HIS CAP IN THE AIR.
- CHAP. X.
- TURN THE RIVER WHERE IT CAN FLOW.
- CHAPTER XI.
- GATHERING BERRIES.
- CHAP. XII.
- THE OLD MAN GETS HIS OWN WAY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE EAGLE'S NEST.
- THE FATHER.
- THE EAGLE'S NEST.
- FINIS.
- THE FATHER.
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