Project Gutenberg 2024-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 157 Kielland, Alexander Lange 1849 1906 Kjelland, Alexander Lange Kielland, Aleksander L. Kielland, Alexander L. Dawson, Miles Menander 1863 1942 07010947 Elsie : $b a Christmas story $aUnited States :$bCharles H. Kerr & Company, $c1889, copyright 1894. 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) "Elsie: A Christmas Story" by Alexander Lange Kielland is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story is set within a vibrant yet troubled community, focusing on the life of a young girl named Elsie, also known as Loppen, who grows up in a household filled with various characters, including a quack doctor and her aristocratic benefactor, Miss Falbe. The book highlights themes of social class, moral struggles, and the impact of one's environment and choices as it follows Elsie's journey through life, love, and hardship. The opening of the novel introduces Madam Speckbom, a healing quack who operates out of "Noah's Ark," a rickety building that houses an assortment of tenants, including Elsie and the stern Miss Falbe. As Elsie grows up under Madam Speckbom's care, we learn of her enchanting yet difficult past as a foundling, her kind-hearted nature, and her interactions with other residents, including the chaotic "gang" living in the attic. The narrative sets the stage for the complexities of her character, hinting at future conflicts involving love and societal expectations, while establishing her relationships with others such as the troubled Christian Falbe and the charming yet impulsive Svend. The beginning vividly paints both the setting and the delicate balance of brutality and tenderness that life can hold for its characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/elsieachristmas00kielgoog/mode/2up 20241129135750kielland 1889 US Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christmas stories Norway -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 172518 2025-06-29T12:59:23.079780 text/html 147536 2024-12-08T19:54:13 text/html 709580 2025-06-29T12:59:27.385749 application/epub+zip 707662 2025-06-29T12:59:24.459762 application/epub+zip 304085 2025-06-29T12:59:23.684784 application/epub+zip 1526097 2025-06-29T12:59:29.535800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1270709 2025-06-29T12:59:26.827765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152689 2025-06-29T12:59:22.645786 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132780 2024-12-08T19:54:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16796 2025-06-29T12:59:29.677754 application/rdf+xml 17175 2025-06-29T12:59:23.970799 image/jpeg 2406 2025-06-29T12:59:23.803766 image/jpeg 1338948 2025-06-29T12:59:23.121815 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia