
Length12h 1m
About this audiobook
The Story of Gösta Berling is a novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. The main character of this book, Gösta Berling, is a defrocked Lutheran priest who has been saved by the Mistress of Ekeby from freezing to death on the snowy shores of Lake Fryken (Lake Löven in the story) in Värmland and thereupon becomes one of her pensioners in the manor at Ekeby, where the storyline of the novel begins to unfold and is later on filled with many wild adventures. Using wolves, snow, supernatural elements and eccentric upper-class characters to project an exotic image of 1820s Värmland, the novel can be compared to magic realism.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length12 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
22CHAPTER IV THE IRON FROM EKEBY
2I THE PRIEST
23CHAPTER V LILLIECRONA’S HOME
3II THE BEGGAR
24CHAPTER VI THE WITCH OF DOVRE
4PART I
25CHAPTER VII MIDSUMMER
5CHAPTER I THE LANDSCAPE
26CHAPTER VIII MADAME MUSICA
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6CHAPTER II CHRISTMAS EVE
27CHAPTER IX THE BROBY CLERGYMAN
7CHAPTER III CHRISTMAS DAY
28CHAPTER X PATRON JULIUS
8CHAPTER IV GÖSTA BERLING, POET
29CHAPTER XI THE PLASTER SAINTS
9CHAPTER V LA CACHUCHA
30CHAPTER XII GOD’S WAYFARER
10CHAPTER VI THE BALL AT EKEBY
31CHAPTER XIII THE CHURCHYARD
11CHAPTER VII THE OLD VEHICLES
32CHAPTER XIV OLD SONGS
12CHAPTER VIII THE GREAT BEAR IN GURLITTA CLIFF
33CHAPTER XV DEATH, THE DELIVERER
13CHAPTER IX THE AUCTION AT BJÖRNE
34CHAPTER XVI THE DROUGHT
14CHAPTER X THE YOUNG COUNTESS
35CHAPTER XVII THE CHILD’S MOTHER
15CHAPTER XI GHOST-STORIES
36CHAPTER XVIII AMOR VINCIT OMNIA
16CHAPTER XII EBBA DOHNA’S STORY
37CHAPTER XIX THE BROOM-GIRL
17CHAPTER XIII MAMSELLE MARIE
38CHAPTER XX KEVENHÜLLER
18PART II
39CHAPTER XXI BROBY FAIR
19CHAPTER I COUSIN CHRISTOPHER
40CHAPTER XXII THE FOREST COTTAGE
20CHAPTER II THE PATHS OF LIFE
41CHAPTER XXIII MARGARETA CELSING
21CHAPTER III PENITENCE