Project Gutenberg 2004-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 77 Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth 1848 1895 Boyesen, Hjalmar H. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Ilka 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. Produced by Ted Garvin, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "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.) en Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 366537 360213 2024-09-06T09:32:41.643559 2023-10-06T11:05:28.903182 text/html text/html 356513 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 138932 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194669 2024-09-06T09:32:47.745543 application/epub+zip 201220 2024-09-06T09:32:43.176558 application/epub+zip 201220 2024-09-06T09:32:42.247573 application/epub+zip 403418 2024-09-06T09:32:51.523499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367411 2024-09-06T09:32:47.123524 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367133 2022-09-07T13:36:21.672945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336754 336678 2024-09-06T09:32:40.929116 2023-10-06T11:05:28.151215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 336608 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133938 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 336621 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133895 2020-12-18T13:51:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20102 2024-09-06T09:32:51.938498 application/rdf+xml 15019 2024-09-06T09:32:42.621544 image/jpeg 3498 2024-09-06T09:32:42.438540 image/jpeg 191821 2024-09-06T09:32:41.676544 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia