The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Version 2), credited to Selma Lagerlöf, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Version 2) by Selma Lagerlöf. (Translated by Velma Swanston Howard.) Read in English by Gerald Moe Nils Holgersson is a boy who would rather cause trouble than be responsible. One day as he is skipping out on going to church he captures an elf. His treatment of this small creature provokes it to transform him into an elf as well. Along with his greatly reduced size this also gives him the ability to talk with animals. Following this mishap Nils joins one of his family’s geese as it accompanies a flock of its wild brethren on their migration. During his travels over the many historical areas of Sweden Nils has many adventures that help him to become a better person. He also learns that if he can prove he has changed for the better he may be able to regain his normal size. - Summary by Gerald Moe

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Version 2)
• Author credits: Selma Lagerlöf
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 71
• Listed recording duration: 17:40:31

Catalogue topics

• sweden
• boys
• kindness
• conduct of life
• geese

Opening tracks: first 24 of 71

1. 01 - The Boy — 39:45
2. 02 - Akka from Kebnekaise part 1 Evening — 20:48
3. 03 - Akka from Kebnekaise part 2 Night — 11:13
4. 04 - Akka from Kebnekaise part 3 Goose-Play — 8:11
5. 05 - THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS part 1 On the Farm — 10:15
6. 06 - THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS part 2 Vittskovle — 18:27
7. 07 - THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS part 3 In Ovid Cloister Park — 19:34
8. 08 - GLIMMINGE CASTLE part 1 BLACK RATS AND GRAY RATS — 8:13
9. 09 - GLIMMINGE CASTLE part 2 THE STORK — 17:04
10. 10 - GLIMMINGE CASTLE part 3 THE RAT CHARMER — 8:26
11. 11 - THE GREAT CRANE DANCE ON KULLABERG — 24:49
12. 12 - In Rainy Weather — 15:21
13. 13 - THE STAIRWAY WITH THE THREE STEPS — 10:10
14. 14 - BY RONNEBY RIVER — 24:45
15. 15 - Karlskrona — 22:48
16. 16 - The Trip to Öland — 11:12
17. 17 - Öland's Southern Point — 21:03
18. 18 - The Big Butterfly — 10:21
19. 19 - Little Karl's Island part 1 The Storm — 7:36
20. 20 - Little Karl's Island part 2 The Sheep — 14:52
21. 21 - Little Karl's Island part 3 The Hell's Hole — 10:26
22. 22 - Two Cities part 1 The City at the Bottom of the Sea — 20:06
23. 23 - Two Cities part 2 The Living City — 11:26
24. 24 - The Legend of Småland — 14:01

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