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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Considered a masterpiece since first published in 1907, this enchanting, remarkably original work by a Nobel Prize-winning author records the adventures of a mischievous 14-year-old who is changed into a tiny being, transported across the Swedish countryside on the back of a goose, and learns about nature, geography, and folklore.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
June 13th 1995
by Dover Publications
(first published 1906)
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Part fairy tale, part an imaginative wander around Sweden and its natural history. Initially written for school children it paid great attention to the ecology of different areas of that country. Yet you wouldn't know it. Woven around the adventures of a young boy who was turned elf-size for not keeping a promise, and who goes on to follow a flock of geese in their travels. It was written in 1909 and the author was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Very cleverly written. Age...more
My Aunt Jan recently sent me a genealogy that details how I am related to Selma Lagerlöf. If I am reading this chart correctly, Ms. Lagerlöf is my 7th cousin thrice removed. Or put another way, my great-grandmother Marie Henderson shared a great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather with Lagerlöf. So I am seriously famous. My sister pointed out that probably everyone in Sweden is related in 7 generations, but I did a quick leg sweep and took her down. She will not take my (um, our) fame.
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Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise von Selma Lagerlöf, illustriert von Lars Klinting ist ein schönes Kinderbuch mit wundervollen Bildern. Das Buch, das ich gelesen habe, hat nur einen Umfang von 92 Seiten und ist zum einen stark gekürzt (die originalen Versionen haben bis zu 400 Seiten) und zum anderen ist das Buch für die jüngeren Kinder gedacht. Das Original soll düsterer, kritischer und ernster sein. Dies hier ist jedoch auch für die Kleineren geeignet, es ist zwar mitunter spannend, aber es g...more
Deze vakantie las ik onder andere ons maandboek van Selma Lagerlöf - Niels Holgerssons wonderbare reis. Dit boek won de Nobelprijs voor de literatuur in 1909, bijna een eeuw geleden dus. Deels in zonnig Zeeland, de rest in al even zonnig New York. Om me van daar te verplaatsen naar het Zweden van begin 20e eeuw was niet moeilijk!
Het verhaal is in twee zinnen samen te vatten: dierenpestend rotjochie uit het zuiden van Zweden wordt in een kabouter veranderd en zal pas weer in een jongen terug word...more
Het verhaal is in twee zinnen samen te vatten: dierenpestend rotjochie uit het zuiden van Zweden wordt in een kabouter veranderd en zal pas weer in een jongen terug word...more
Ho conosciuto questo libro e la sua autrice grazie al cartoon di produzione nipponica-austriaca di inizio anni '80. Quando lo vidi per la prima volta mi colpirono subito: le atmosfere, le storie, i personaggi; talmente tanto che, vari anni dopo, cercai in rete degli approfondimenti e da qualche parte trovai il riferimento al libro.
Un libro fantastico. Fantastico sia perché c'è tanta fantasia sia perché è un libro bellissimo. Meraviglioso davvero il viaggio di Nils Holgersson; una vera celebrazi...more
Un libro fantastico. Fantastico sia perché c'è tanta fantasia sia perché è un libro bellissimo. Meraviglioso davvero il viaggio di Nils Holgersson; una vera celebrazi...more
prix nobel de littérature 1909
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Pour sêtre moqué d'un lutin de sa maison, Nils va être ensorcelé et devenir à son tour tout petit.
A quatorze ans, Nils Holgersson est un vilain garnement. Un jour, il joue un de ses méchant tour à un lutin.
Celui-ci se venge en transformant Nils en nain. Minuscule et perdu dans la prairie, Nils voit passer un vol d'oies sauvages en migration.
S'accrochant au cou de Akka, son jar préférée pour l'empêcher de partir, il se sent emporté dans les airs. Commence alors p...more
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Pour sêtre moqué d'un lutin de sa maison, Nils va être ensorcelé et devenir à son tour tout petit.
A quatorze ans, Nils Holgersson est un vilain garnement. Un jour, il joue un de ses méchant tour à un lutin.
Celui-ci se venge en transformant Nils en nain. Minuscule et perdu dans la prairie, Nils voit passer un vol d'oies sauvages en migration.
S'accrochant au cou de Akka, son jar préférée pour l'empêcher de partir, il se sent emporté dans les airs. Commence alors p...more
It's about a boy whose mammy and daddy are gone away for a day. The boy finds a leprechaun while he is eating in the garden. The leprechaun makes him as small as a bird. Then the boy finds a goose, and the goose says that he has lost the other geese. The boy says he will fly along on the goose's back and help it find the others. They have a lot of adventures together. They even find a bear's cave. The boy falls in. The goose throws a rope in to rescue him, and the boy climbs up on the rope. Anot...more
excelente para niños
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I was about 10 years old, and looking for something to read on a quiet Sunday afternoon in summer, when I ran across a battered and faded copy of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Originally published in Sweden in 1906-7, it tells the story of a naughty farmer's lad who has what we would today call attitude, toward his parents, toward farming, and toward the animals on the farm. He's a terror, in short, and his parents despair of him. An elf turns him into a tiny version of himself (just go with...more
Apr 02, 2011
Patricia Rodrigues
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Este livro serviu de inspiração para uns desenhos animados, com o mesmo nome, que passaram na televisão algures nos anos 80. Confesso que adorava (e adoro) desenhos animados, e sei que os devo ter visto, no entanto não tenho qualquer recordação.
Mas voltando ao livro, que é por isso que aqui estou. Comprei-o por ter sido recomendado por um amigo, na feira da Fundação, que fui em Janeiro.
Como o título sugere, acompanhamos Nils, que após ter sido “reduzido” de tamanho, viaja com um ganso, na compan...more
Mas voltando ao livro, que é por isso que aqui estou. Comprei-o por ter sido recomendado por um amigo, na feira da Fundação, que fui em Janeiro.
Como o título sugere, acompanhamos Nils, que após ter sido “reduzido” de tamanho, viaja com um ganso, na compan...more
Che meraviglioso libro di Geografia!
Vorrei essere stato un ragazzo svedese dei primi del Novecento per poter studiare su un libro così!
È un testo completo: non tratta solo la Geografia fisica, la flora e la fauna della Svezia, ma anche le tradizioni, il folklore e la geografia economica, con digressioni su tutti i settori, il primario, il secondario ed il terziario, il tutto narrato con un susseguirsi di storie che sembrano tratte da un libro di Favole di Esopo, leggende, racconti collaterali c...more
Vorrei essere stato un ragazzo svedese dei primi del Novecento per poter studiare su un libro così!
È un testo completo: non tratta solo la Geografia fisica, la flora e la fauna della Svezia, ma anche le tradizioni, il folklore e la geografia economica, con digressioni su tutti i settori, il primario, il secondario ed il terziario, il tutto narrato con un susseguirsi di storie che sembrano tratte da un libro di Favole di Esopo, leggende, racconti collaterali c...more
I read this for a Scandinavian Children's Literature class in college (surprisingly, one of the best classes I've ever had--thanks Elizabeth for suggesting it). I read several really interesting books in this class and this one is the story of a Swedish boy, Nils, who sees the whole of Sweden and learns about Swedish geography while flying on top a goose. It was originally commissioned by the National Teachers Association as a geography reader for the public schools. I wish the American school s...more
This might be a little slow for a modern audience, but there were some real gems in it, like the chapters The City at the Bottom of the Sea, and The Old Peasant Woman. The basic plot is that a mischievous boy, who has been told to study the Bible while his parents are at church, gets turned into an elf after he spies an elf in the house and tries to capture it. As an elf, he has many adventures while riding on top of a goose migrating north. I was disappointed by the ending-- I thought he'd go h...more
Imagine you have somehow shrunk to the size of an elf and have been carried away on the back of a goose, which begins a long and dangerous journey from which you hope to return.
My fourth grade teacher read this aloud as we happily worked on quiet art projects which occupied our hands and produced life-long keepsakes while at the same time being absorbed by the memorable adventures of a Norse-land boy.
My fourth grade teacher read this aloud as we happily worked on quiet art projects which occupied our hands and produced life-long keepsakes while at the same time being absorbed by the memorable adventures of a Norse-land boy.
I read this to Simon and Peter and we all liked it a great deal. It also went nicely with all the Swedish crime novels, as Nils is also a primer of Swedish geography. There is a lot of folklore and an over arching story that keeps it all moving along. It also had me in tears at the end, a rare feat.
Un effet secondaire de la tempete et de l'absence d'electricite consiste en la lecture d'ouvrages peu probables. Je doute que j'aurai avale les 600 pages de ce bouquin en un weekend dans des circonstances normales. Ceci dit je me suis regale a survoler la Suede avec Nils et les oies sauvages.
Nice story, but too long descriptions of swedish landscape.
As it was written for swedish pupils with the aim that they learn something about the history and landscape of their country, I can't really call this a negative fact. I have to admit that Selma Lagerlöf combined really well the learning aspect with the interesting story so that the children still have fun while reading.
Besides, the story gives you a funny fantastic view on brants, foxes, swans and all the other animals mentionned in the...more
As it was written for swedish pupils with the aim that they learn something about the history and landscape of their country, I can't really call this a negative fact. I have to admit that Selma Lagerlöf combined really well the learning aspect with the interesting story so that the children still have fun while reading.
Besides, the story gives you a funny fantastic view on brants, foxes, swans and all the other animals mentionned in the...more
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Nils is a Swedish boy who gets magically reduced in size and discovers that he can talk to animals, and has a bunch of adventures, some of which are morally improving and some of which are just adventures, mainly with geese though other animals get a look-in too. Lagerl��f, who was an early Nobel Prize winner, clearly loved the countryside and her writing is very sensitive to the rhythms of nature and the rural economy, and also somewhat anti-modernist....more
Nils is a Swedish boy who gets magically reduced in size and discovers that he can talk to animals, and has a bunch of adventures, some of which are morally improving and some of which are just adventures, mainly with geese though other animals get a look-in too. Lagerl��f, who was an early Nobel Prize winner, clearly loved the countryside and her writing is very sensitive to the rhythms of nature and the rural economy, and also somewhat anti-modernist....more
A fascinating journey through Sweden. Fantasy based story, boy travels all of Sweden with a flock of geese, but the places are real enough. The book even has a map you can follow along. They stay for several chapters in my family's home town.
Edição ilustrada das publicações europa-américa.
Um livro que já li tardiamente, já nos meus vintes e que mesmo assim adorei. L-I-N-D-O
Um livro que já li tardiamente, já nos meus vintes e que mesmo assim adorei. L-I-N-D-O
I didn’t finish The Wonderful Adventures of Nils because I was just testing the waters for reading with/to Arthur. After about 50 pages, I felt that it was pretty safe, if not overly loquacious…seriously! This woman loves to tell stories! Me? I run out of steam after about three. Still, it might hold a young boy’s attention a bit longer as the main character is a young chap.
This is truly a classic that I stumbled upon. Sure that it is well known in Sweden. Have to keep in mind that it was written to teach Swedish geography as some of these parts can be skimmed over.
Da minha infância faz sem dúvida parte a história deste pequeno rapaz e da sua grande viagem. Gostei de ler finalmente o original que deu origem aos desenhos animados que tanto adorava.
اكثر ما شجعني لاقتناء هذه الرواية هو فيلم الكارتون الذي طالما شاهدناه و نحن اطفال
فاحببت الاطلاع على هذه الروايه
استمتعت بها كثيرا و ابحرت معها بخيالي الى عوالم اخرى رائعه
فاحببت الاطلاع على هذه الروايه
استمتعت بها كثيرا و ابحرت معها بخيالي الى عوالم اخرى رائعه
Hands-down one of the greatest children's novels ever written. Achingly beautiful. Like A Little Prince, this is a must-read for any child (or adult!)
Among the first books I ever read. Also among the first books, if not the first, I remember enjoying a lot. I savored every page.
Чела съм я като малка, но е оставила много ярък спомен, какъвто малко книги от онова време са успели. Изключително оригинална и интересна.
I remember reading this book when I was quite little, after the Russian cartoon based on it. It was one of my favourites, in fact, by far.
En klassiker som jag tycker alla borde läsa. Det upplaga jag läste var inte helt originalberättelsen som Selma skrev utan en omgjord version. Fortfarande läsvärd och fint illustrerad.
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Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". She later also became the first female member of the Swedish Academy.
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