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_aHartmann, Franz, _d1838-1912 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aAmong the gnomes |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2024 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2024-06-18 | ||
| 508 | _aSusan E., David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg" by Franz Hartmann is a fantasy novel written in the late 19th century. The story intertwines elements of adventure and the occult, exploring the mystical Untersberg mountain and its inhabitants, particularly the gnomes and other elemental beings. The main character, Knight Burkhart von Tollenstein, is driven by a desperate desire for wealth and love, leading him to seek out the treasures of the gnomes, which sets off a chain of transformative and perilous events. The opening of the tale introduces readers to the enchanting yet dangerous lore surrounding the Untersberg, depicted as a realm filled with both benevolent and malevolent spirits. It recounts Burkhart's obsessive love for the proud Julia von Horst, whose materialistic desires compel him to rob the gnomes of their gold in a misguided quest for her affection. We see Burkhart strike a bargain with Pypo, the king of the gnomes, trading his hair for gold, which eventually leads him to a fate of despair and folly as he realizes that wealth cannot truly buy love. The narrative also hints at scientific skeptics who embark on an expedition to disprove the existence of gnomes, establishing a contrast between the materialistic views of the world and the magical reality of the gnomes’ kingdom. This sets the stage for an adventure filled with mysticism, moral lessons, and the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895 |
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| 653 | _aFantasy fiction | ||
| 653 | _aGerman fiction -- Translations into English | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aHartmann, S. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aSedgwick | |
| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/among-the-gnomes-1/page/n1/mode/2up | |
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