Project Gutenberg 2007-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 76 Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth 1848 1895 Boyesen, Hjalmar H. A Good-For-Nothing 1876 Produced by David Widger "A Good-For-Nothing" by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character of Ralph Grimm, a young man born into a well-to-do family but lacking ambition and direction in life. As Ralph navigates his upbringing and the expectations placed upon him, the novel explores themes of identity, societal pressures, and the contrast between social status and personal worth. The narrative follows Ralph from his privileged childhood to his disillusioning experiences as a young adult. Initially desiring to be a pirate or a baker, Ralph ultimately ends up at a Military Academy where he fails to meet his father's expectations, leading him to abandon his aristocratic life for America. There, he struggles to forge an independent identity, taking on various lowly jobs and facing the challenges of self-reliance. The pivotal relationship with Bertha, a simple peasant girl who infuses his life with the self-awareness he lacks, underscores the contrast between his upbringing and the values she embodies. Ultimately, as Ralph matures and finds professional success, he must confront the changing nature of his feelings toward Bertha, leading to a poignant exploration of love, growth, and the distance between one's past and future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 92322 92331 2024-09-10T06:38:54.153049 2023-09-10T09:57:35.256126 text/html text/html 91415 2021-02-24T22:20:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 32295 2021-02-24T22:20:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 80436 2024-09-10T06:38:57.572033 application/epub+zip 80951 2024-09-10T06:38:55.375039 application/epub+zip 80950 2024-09-10T06:38:54.619039 application/epub+zip 180773 2024-09-10T06:38:59.299041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170532 2024-09-10T06:38:57.084049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173209 2022-09-11T04:12:16.041792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76694 2024-09-10T06:38:53.910056 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77432 2016-10-18T14:26:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 30380 2016-10-18T14:28:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 76563 2007-10-24T09:58:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30244 2007-10-24T09:58:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 76555 2007-10-24T09:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30225 2007-10-24T09:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21102 2024-09-10T06:38:59.426018 application/rdf+xml 13537 2024-09-10T06:38:54.952053 image/jpeg 3691 2024-09-10T06:38:54.784044 image/jpeg 79681 2024-09-10T06:38:54.162057 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