The Story of Gösta Berling

Selma Lagerlöf (1858 - 1940)
Translated by Pauline Bancroft Flach

"The Story of Gösta Berling" was published in Sweden in 1894 and immediately brought its author into prominence.

The tales are founded on actual occurrences and depict the life in the province of Värmland at the beginning of the 19th Century century. Värmland is a lonely tract in the southern part of Sweden, and has retained many of its old customs, while mining is the principal industry of its sparse population. It consists of great stretches of forest, sloping down to long, narrow lakes, connected by rivers.

Miss Lagerlöf has grown up in the midst of the wild legends of her country, and, deeply imbued with their spirit, interprets them with a living force all her own.
(Summary from the foreword by Pauline Bancroft Flach)

Genre(s): Romance

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 – Introduction I - The Priest Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:21:15
Play 02 02 – Introduction II - The Beggar Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:30:46
Play 03 03 - Part I Chapter I -The Landscape Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:10:32
Play 04 04 - Part I Chapter II - Christmas Eve Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:31:45
Play 05 05 - Part I Chapter III - Christmas Day Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:28:07
Play 06 06 - Part I Chapter IV - Gösta Berling, Poet Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:30:44
Play 07 07 - Part I Chapter V - La Cachucha Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:10:25
Play 08 08 - Part I Chapter VI - The Ball at Ekeby Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:45:32
Play 09 09 - Part I Chapter VII - The Old Vehicles Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:31:06
Play 10 10 - Part I Chapter VIII - The Great Bear in Gurlitta Cliff Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:34:37
Play 11 11 - Part I Chapter IX - The Auction at Björne Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
01:06:50
Play 12 12 - Part I Chapter X - The Young Countess Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:57:08
Play 13 13 - Part I Chapter XI - Ghost-Stories Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:31:30
Play 14 14 - Part I Chapter XII -Ebba Dohna's Story Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:45:44
Play 15 15 - Part I Chapter XIII - Mamselle Marie Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:22:41
Play 16 16 - Part II Chapter I -Cousin Christopher Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:13:25
Play 17 17 - Part II Chapter II -The Paths of Life Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:30:16
Play 18 18 - Part II Chapter III - Penitence Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:24:50
Play 19 19 - Part II Chapter IV - The Iron from Ekeby Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:22:39
Play 20 20 - Part II Chapter V -Lilliecrona's Home Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:13:49
Play 21 21 - Part II Chapter VI - The Witch of Dovre Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:11:53
Play 22 22 - Part II Chapter VII - Midsummer Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:09:40
Play 23 23 - Part II Chapter VIII - Madame Musica Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:13:23
Play 24 24 - Part II Chapter IX - The Broby Clergyman Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:13:13
Play 25 25 - Part II Chapter X - Patron Julius Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:18:04
Play 26 26 - Part II Chapter XI - The Plaster Saints Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:15:43
Play 27 27 - Part II Chapter XII - God's Wayfarer Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:24:48
Play 28 28 - Part II Chapter XIII - The Churchyard Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:09:15
Play 29 29 - Part II Chapter XIV - Old Songs Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:23:17
Play 30 30 - Part II Chapter XV - Death, the Deliverer Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:14:32
Play 31 31 - Part II Chapter XVI - The Drought Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:24:18
Play 32 32 - Part II Chapter XVII - The Child's Mother Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:18:48
Play 33 33 - Part II Chapter XVIII - Amor vincit Omnia Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:14:06
Play 34 34 - Part II Chapter XIX - The Broom-Girl Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:27:02
Play 35 35 - Part II Chapter XX - Kevenhüller Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:22:27
Play 36 36 - Part II Chapter XXI - The Broby Fair Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:16:48
Play 37 37 - Part II Chapter XXII - The Forest Cottage Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:34:30
Play 38 38 - Part II Chapter XXIII - Margareta Celsing Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
00:34:32