Project Gutenberg 2013-09-09 Public domain in the USA. 138 Scott, Walter 1771 1832 Scott, Sir Walter Malagrowther, Malachi Cleishbotham, Jedediah Templeton, Laurence Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew Los Rios, R. de‏ (Ricardo) 1846 1929 Rios, R. de los‏ (Ricardo) De los Rios, R.‏ (Ricardo) Rios, Ricardo de los Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 1 (of 2) E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 1 (of 2)" by Walter Scott is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The story is set in Switzerland during the mid-15th century and centers around the characters of Arthur Philipson and his father, who are depicted as merchants on a journey through the mountainous landscape. The narrative explores themes of adventure, danger, and the interplay between nature and human experience. At the start of the novel, we meet Arthur and his father as they travel through the stunning yet treacherous Swiss mountains towards Basel. Their journey is marked by an intense storm, causing them to lose their way and encounter numerous challenges, including a perilous precipice. As Arthur attempts to find a safer route, he faces moments of grave danger, including a near encounter with a falling rock and ominous visions of a vulture, which heightens the tension. The storytelling evokes vivid imagery of the Alpine scenery while introducing elements of folklore and hints of impending adventure, setting the stage for the unfolding narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43678/43678-h/images/title-page.jpg en France -- History -- Louis XI, 1461-1483 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 685184 684968 2024-09-18T10:29:30.241595 2023-09-19T06:28:46.736769 text/html text/html 691391 2013-09-09T13:56:50 text/html 911525 2013-09-09T13:59:40 text/html application/zip 960147 2024-09-18T10:29:39.002515 application/epub+zip 969353 2024-09-18T10:29:31.613576 application/epub+zip 330790 2024-09-18T10:29:30.911595 application/epub+zip 1149854 2024-09-18T10:29:44.896510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1099877 2024-09-18T10:29:38.235519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 457771 2022-09-19T21:26:13.075780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 637901 637727 2024-09-18T10:29:29.127572 2023-09-19T06:28:45.714732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 637104 2013-09-09T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 244593 2013-09-09T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 637122 2013-09-09T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 244379 2013-09-09T13:53:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21870 2024-09-18T10:29:45.061506 application/rdf+xml 10713 2024-09-18T10:29:31.017561 image/jpeg 2043 2024-09-18T10:29:30.966560 image/jpeg 911989 2024-09-18T10:29:30.320724 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 en.wikipedia