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The full version of the novel about nils, a young boy whose chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief. It has been translated into over 40 languages, plus films and animations. The first edition of the novel was published in 1906, and was written by selma lagerlof. Mochten sie ein the wonderful adventures of nils by selma lagerlof, fiction, classicsbuch lesen.
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