by Selma Lagerlöf · 1906
Fantasy · Young Adult · Classics
A boy who is mean to animals is shrunk by an elf and carried across all of Sweden on the back of a goose. Selma Lagerlöf's adventure, written to teach Swedish children their country.
Content note: Written long ago, this book reflects the views and language of its time.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, by Selma Lagerlöf
[Transcriber's note: The inconsistent orthography of the original is
retained in this etext.]
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES of NILS
by
SELMA LAGERLÖF
TRANSLATED FROM THE SWEDISH BY VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD
CONTENTS
The Boy
Akka from Kebnekaise
The Wonderful Journey of Nils
Glimminge Castle
The Great Crane Dance on Kullaberg
In Rainy Weather
The Stairway with the Three Steps
By Ronneby River
Karlskrona
The Trip to Öland
Öland's Southern Point
The Big Butterfly
Little Karl's Island
Two Cities
The Legend of Småland
The Crows
The Old Peasant Woman
From Taberg to Huskvarna
The Big Bird Lake
Ulvåsa-Lady
The Homespun Cloth
The Story of Karr and Grayskin
The Wind Witch
The Breaking Up of the Ice
Thumbietot and the Bears
The Flood
Dunfin
Stockholm
Gorgo the Eagle
On Over Gästrikland
A Day in Hälsingland
In Medelpad
A Morning in Ångermanland
Westbottom and Lapland
Osa, the Goose Girl, and Little Mats
With the Laplanders
Homeward Bound
Legends from Härjedalen
Vermland and Dalsland
The Treasure on the Island
The Journey to Vemminghög
Home at Last
The Parting with the Wild Geese
_Some of the purely geographical matter in the Swedish original of the "Further Adventures of Nils" has been eliminated from the English version.
