Project Gutenberg 2013-02-05 Public domain in the USA. 76 Holberg, Ludvig 1684 1754 Holberg, Baron Ludvig Holberg, Johan Ludvig Johnson, Morris Ruud, Martin B. (Martin Bronn) 1885 1941 Ruud, Martin Bronn Ruud, Martin Brown Westergaard, Waldemar 1882 1963 Westergaard, Waldemar Christian Jeppe på bjerget. English Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant: A Comedy in Five Acts Produced by David E. Brown, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant: A Comedy in Five Acts" by Holberg is a comedic play written in the early 18th century, making it a work from the Enlightenment period. The narrative revolves around a peasant named Jeppe, who suffers under the oppressive hand of his wife, Nille, and the societal hierarchy. The play engages with themes of class, identity, and the absurdity of social status while providing a humorous perspective on the struggles of the lower classes. In this comedy, Jeppe, after being manipulated by the nobility, experiences a transformation when he finds himself mistakenly transported to an opulent lifestyle, only to eventually revert back to his peasant life. The plot unfolds as Jeppe is pranked into believing he has become a baron, indulging in the luxuries that come with it. However, his life spirals back into chaos when he is caught up in a mock trial for impersonating a noble. The play satirizes the foolishness of societal pretensions and the fleeting nature of power, highlighting Jeppe's humorous yet tragic journey from a downtrodden peasant to a momentary lord and back again. Through this narrative, Holberg cleverly critiques the rigid class structures of his time while entertaining the audience with laughter and wit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42022/42022-h/images/halftitle.png en Comedies Danish drama -- Translations into English PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 120625 120635 2024-09-17T14:52:54.302335 2023-09-18T09:38:15.128881 text/html text/html 119256 2013-02-05T11:39:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 419675 2013-02-05T11:39:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360289 2024-09-17T14:52:57.843329 application/epub+zip 359761 2024-09-17T14:52:55.075511 application/epub+zip 101338 2024-09-17T14:52:54.552341 application/epub+zip 279236 2024-09-17T14:52:59.971344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258439 2024-09-17T14:52:57.322364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116604 2022-09-19T08:27:23.786812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105194 104971 2024-09-17T14:52:53.729344 2023-09-18T09:38:14.792869 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 104868 2013-02-05T11:39:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39534 2013-02-05T11:39:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20143 2024-09-17T14:53:00.127303 application/rdf+xml 7189 2024-09-17T14:52:54.631324 image/jpeg 1762 2024-09-17T14:52:54.593332 image/jpeg 352676 2024-09-17T14:52:54.323356 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