# The Story of Gösta Berling — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

- [Translator's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/translator-s-preface.md): The preface introduces Selma Lagerlöf's Gösta Berling, published in 1894, describing its basis in actual occurrences and its depiction of life in early 19th-century Värmland, Sweden—a region of forests, lakes, and mining
- [The Story of Gösta Berling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/the-story-of-g-sta-berling.md): This chapter introduces the titular character, Gösta Berling, a defrocked priest who becomes a central figure in the community of Ekeby. It explores his fall from grace, his struggles with alcoholism, and his search for 
- [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/i-the-priest.md): Gösta Berling, a young and handsome minister, stands in the pulpit awaiting judgment from the bishop for his drunkenness and neglect of duties. He reflects on the harsh conditions of his parish and his reliance on brandy
- [II: The Beggar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/ii-the-beggar.md): On a cold December day, a beggar (Gösta Berling) encounters the daughter of the Broby clergyman, who is dragging a stolen bag of meal. He helps her avoid her father's wrath by taking the sledge himself. Later, he meets t
- [The Landscape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-i-the-landscape.md): The chapter describes the geography of the region where Gösta Berling and the knights of Ekeby lived: a long lake originating in the north, a rich plain, and blue mountains. The lake evolves from a playful northern strea

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- [Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-ii-christmas-eve.md)
- [III: Christmas Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-iii-christmas-day.md)
- [Gösta Berling, Poet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-iv-g-sta-berling-poet.md)
- [V: La Cachucha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-v-la-cachucha.md)
- [VI: The Ball at Ekeby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-vi-the-ball-at-ekeby.md)
- [VII: The Old Vehicles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-vii-the-old-vehicles.md)
- [VIII: The Great Bear in Gurlitta Cliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-viii-the-great-bear-in-gurlitta-cliff.md)
- [IX: The Auction at Björne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-ix-the-auction-at-bj-rne.md)
- [The Young Countess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-x-the-young-countess.md)
- [Ghost-Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-xi-ghost-stories.md)
- [Ebba Dohna's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-xii-ebba-dohna-s-story.md)
- [XIII: Mamselle Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-mamselle-marie.md)
- [I: Cousin Christopher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-i-cousin-christopher.md)
- [II: The Paths of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-the-paths-of-life.md)
- [III: Penitence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-penitence.md)
- [The Iron from Ekeby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-the-iron-from-ekeby.md)
- [Lilliecrona's Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-v-lilliecrona-s-home.md)
- [The Witch of Dovre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-the-witch-of-dovre.md)
- [VII: Midsummer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-midsummer.md)
- [VIII: Madame Musica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-viii-madame-musica.md)
- [IX: The Broby Clergyman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-the-broby-clergyman.md)
- [Patron Julius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-x-patron-julius.md)
- [XI: The Plaster Saints](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xi-the-plaster-saints.md)
- [God's Wayfarer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xii-god-s-wayfarer.md)
- [XIII: The Churchyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii-the-churchyard.md)
- [XIV: Old Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv-old-songs.md)
- [XV: Death, the Deliverer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xv-death-the-deliverer.md)
- [XVI: The Drought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi-the-drought.md)
- [XVII: The Child’s Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii-the-child-s-mother.md)
- [XVIII: Amor Vincit Omnia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii-amor-vincit-omnia.md)
- [XIX: The Broom-Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xix-the-broom-girl.md)
- [Kevenhüller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xx-kevenh-ller.md)
- [Broby Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi-broby-fair.md)
- [The Forest Cottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii-the-forest-cottage.md)
- [Margareta Celsing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii-margareta-celsing.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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