Project Gutenberg 2024-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 262 Hartmann, Franz 1838 1912 Hartmann, F. (Franz) Hartmann, S. Sedgwick Among the gnomes : $b An occult tale of adventure in the Untersberg $aLondon :$bT. Fisher Unwin, $c1895. Susan E., David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg" by Franz Hartmann is a fantasy novel written in the late 19th century. The story intertwines elements of adventure and the occult, exploring the mystical Untersberg mountain and its inhabitants, particularly the gnomes and other elemental beings. The main character, Knight Burkhart von Tollenstein, is driven by a desperate desire for wealth and love, leading him to seek out the treasures of the gnomes, which sets off a chain of transformative and perilous events. The opening of the tale introduces readers to the enchanting yet dangerous lore surrounding the Untersberg, depicted as a realm filled with both benevolent and malevolent spirits. It recounts Burkhart's obsessive love for the proud Julia von Horst, whose materialistic desires compel him to rob the gnomes of their gold in a misguided quest for her affection. We see Burkhart strike a bargain with Pypo, the king of the gnomes, trading his hair for gold, which eventually leads him to a fate of despair and folly as he realizes that wealth cannot truly buy love. The narrative also hints at scientific skeptics who embark on an expedition to disprove the existence of gnomes, establishing a contrast between the materialistic views of the world and the magical reality of the gnomes’ kingdom. This sets the stage for an adventure filled with mysticism, moral lessons, and the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/among-the-gnomes-1/page/n1/mode/2up 20240402110948hartmann 1895 GB Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fantasy fiction German fiction -- Translations into English PT Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels 305658 2025-07-29T08:35:50.636250 text/html 279779 2024-06-18T01:13:26 text/html 1088789 2025-07-29T08:35:56.978202 application/epub+zip 1086145 2025-07-29T08:35:52.165248 application/epub+zip 293540 2025-07-29T08:35:51.344249 application/epub+zip 1665031 2025-07-29T08:36:00.177311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1401680 2025-07-29T08:35:56.250229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267324 2025-07-29T08:35:49.913293 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 247364 2024-06-18T01:13:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17175 2025-07-29T08:36:00.406262 application/rdf+xml 26799 2025-07-29T08:35:51.556247 image/jpeg 3554 2025-07-29T08:35:51.450323 image/jpeg 1583672 2025-07-29T08:35:50.707296 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia