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100 1 _aBoyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth,
_d1848-1895
245 1 0 _aIlka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-11-02
505 0 _aIlka on the hill-top -- Annunciata -- Under the glacier -- A knight of Dannebrog -- Mabel and I (a philosophical fairy tale) -- How Mr. Storm met his destiny.
508 _aProduced by Ted Garvin, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
520 _a"Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories" by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen is a collection of narratives likely written during the late 19th century. The central story follows Jelka, a young girl residing in the Tyrol, and her encounters with the inhabitants of a village, including Mr. Julius Hahn, a middle-class concert garden proprietor from Berlin, and his son, Fritz. The collection explores themes of ambition, love, and the contrast between rural simplicity and urban sophistication. The opening of "Ilka on the Hill-Top" introduces Mr. Hahn and his son Fritz, who embark on a summer journey through the picturesque Tyrol region. Their journey is marked by Mr. Hahn's grumbling about the rigors of travel, contrasting with Fritz's admiration for the scenery. Their trip leads them to hear enchanting yodeling voices from the mountains, teasing the theme of artistic aspiration as they learn about Ilka, a local singer, and her love for Hansel, a hunter from the valley. The dynamics between Mr. Hahn, inspired by his daughter's singing potential, and the village's down-to-earth characters set the stage for deeper explorations of social class and personal ambition in the stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13929
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