The Story of Gösta Berling

Enjoyable and fascinating saga

(5 stars)

AnitaJ

I read this months ago and felt it should be rated. Lars Rolander is one of my favorite readers. His Swedish pronunciation of Y's and J's sometimes gives me a chuckle, but other than that he is usually easy to understand for this American ear. I was tempted to give up after a few chapters because this well-written saga required a bit more attention than my brain wanted to give, but I stuck with it and was not disappointed. (Oh, and Wikipedia's cheat-sheet list of characters helped!)

The Story of Gösta Berling

(5 stars)

TheBookworm

How to describe The Story of Gösta Berling... It's long, rich, and highly textured. Lagerlöf's prose is spare to the point of bleakness. Rather like the Swedish landscape in winter. Gösta is an enigmatic character. Flawed, inconsistent, irresponsible, but strangely magnetic. I could go on but am starting to sound like a thesaurus. This is a great work of literature read in English by a Swede whose pronunciation adds to the charm. Tak så mycket Lars! TheBookworm (Manchester, UK, and briefly Uppsala universitet)

(3.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Great story. Great narration. Only downside was the layer of noise in the background. Definitely still listenable and enjoyable though.

recommended by my better half. it's a nice story.

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

Magestic

(5 stars)

Rubén Manuel

A really great novel and excellent reading.