Niels Klim's Journey Under the Ground

About this eBook

Author

Holberg, Ludvig, 1684-1754

Title

Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Subject

Utopias -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

eBook-No.

27884

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27884

Release Date

January 25, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Note
2. 2.NIELS KLIM'S NARRATIVE. — NIELS KLIM'S
3. 3.By LOUIS HOLBERG. — translated from the danish by
4. 4.JOHN GIERLOW. — WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.
5. 5.LIST OF PLATES.
6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
7. 7.APOLOGETIC PREFACE. — PETER KLIM AND ANDREAS KLIM, THE SONS OF THOMAS KLIM, AND GRANDSONS OF KLIM THE GREAT, TO THE KIND READER.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — THE AUTHOR'S DESCENT TO THE ABYSS.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — THE AUTHOR'S ARRIVAL AT THE PLANET NAZAR.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN KEBA.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — THE ROYAL COURT OF POTU.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — THE KINGDOM OF POTU AND ITS INHABITANTS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — THE RELIGION OF THE POTUANS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — THE POTUAN CONSTITUTION.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — THE ACADEMIES OF POTU.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — THE JOURNEY AROUND THE PLANET NAZAR.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — THE VOYAGE TO THE FIRMAMENT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — THE VOYAGE TO THE LAND-OF-WONDERS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — THE AUTHOR'S ARRIVAL IN QUAMA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH MONARCHY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — THE AUTHOR BECOMES A MONARCH UNDER THE GROUND.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE FORTUNES OF THE AUTHOR.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — THE AUTHOR'S RETURN TO HIS FATHER-LAND, AND THE END OF THE FIFTH MONARCHY.
24. 24.THE SUPPLEMENT OF ABELIN. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes

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