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Mårbacka

by Selma Lagerlöf

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics7 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
7 chapters
Format
The complete book

About this book

About this book

In a grand but eerie nursery at Mårbacka, three children face restless nights with creaking beds and a haunting owl above, while their stern and awkward nursemaid Back-Kaisa struggles to connect, bringing a quiet tension to their isolated world.

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Contents

7 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02THE STRÖMSTAD JOURNEY
03THE OLD HOUSEKEEPER’S TALES
04OLD HOUSES AND OLD PEOPLE
05THE NEW MÅRBACKA
06WORKDAYS AND FÊTE-DAYS
07POSTSCRIPT

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