The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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About This Book
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909 — the first woman to be so honored — Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was a gifted storyteller whose writings were often tinged with the supernatural and rooted in the sagas and legends of her homeland.She secured her reputation as a children's-book author with The Wonderful Adventures of Nils , long considered a masterpiece of children's literature. Written at the request of Swedish school authorities and first published in 1906, it is the enchanting and remarkably original tale of Nils Holgersson, a mischievous boy of 14 who is chan...
Chapters (45)(click to expand)
- TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH BY VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD
- CONTENTS
- THE BOY
- THE ELF
- AKKA FROM KEBNEKAISE EVENING
- THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS ON THE FARM
- GLIMMINGE CASTLE BLACK RATS AND GRAY RATS
- THE GREAT CRANE DANCE ON KULLABERG
- IN RAINY WEATHER
- THE STAIRWAY WITH THE THREE STEPS
- KARLSKRONA
- THE TRIP TO ÖLAND
- ÖLAND'S SOUTHERN POINT
- THE BIG BUTTERFLY
- LITTLE KARL'S ISLAND THE STORM
- TWO CITIES THE CITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
- THE LEGEND OF SMÅLAND
- THE CROWS THE EARTHEN CROCK
- THE OLD PEASANT WOMAN
- FROM TABERG TO HUSKVARNA
- THE BIG BIRD LAKE JARRO, THE WILD DUCK
- ULVÅSA-LADY THE PROPHECY
- THE HOMESPUN CLOTH
- THE STORY OF KARR AND GRAYSKIN KARR
- THE WIND WITCH IN NÄRKE
- THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE
- THUMBIETOT AND THE BEARS THE IRONWORKS
- THE FLOOD THE SWANS
- DUNFIN THE CITY THAT FLOATS ON THE WATER
- STOCKHOLM SKANSEN
- GORGO, THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN GLEN
- ON OVER GÄSTRIKLAND THE PRECIOUS GIRDLE
- A DAY IN HÄLSINGLAND A LARGE GREEN LEAF
- IN MEDELPAD
- A MORNING IN ÅNGERMANLAND THE BREAD
- WESTBOTTOM AND LAPLAND THE FIVE SCOUTS
- OSA, THE GOOSE GIRL, AND LITTLE MATS
- WITH THE LAPLANDERS
- HOMEWARD BOUND! THE FIRST TRAVELLING DAY
- LEGENDS FROM HÄRJEDALEN
- VERMLAND AND DALSLAND
- THE TREASURE ON THE ISLAND ON THEIR WAY TO THE SEA
- THE JOURNEY TO VEMMINGHÖG
- THE PARTING WITH THE WILD GEESE
- TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION
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