Musta kääpiö by Walter Scott
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.html.images | 374 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.epub3.images | 212 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.epub.images | 216 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.epub.noimages | 202 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.kf8.images | 368 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.kindle.images | 354 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46277.txt.utf-8 | 354 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/46277/pg46277-h.zip | 208 kB | ||||
| There may be more files related to this item. | ||||||
About this eBook
| Author | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Krohn, Julius, 1835-1888 |
| Uniform Title | The black dwarf. Finnish |
| Title | Musta kääpiö |
| Note | Reading ease score: 37.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen |
| Summary | "Musta kääpiö" by Walter Scott is a novel written in the early 19th century. Set in the backdrop of southern Scotland, the narrative introduces Halbert "Hobbie" Elliot, a young deer hunter and wealthy landholder, who roams the countryside amidst mysterious and supernatural tales that haunt the region. The story unfolds against a politically turbulent time in Scotland's history, hinting at themes of identity, conflict, and the supernatural. At the start of the novel, Hobbie returns home from hunting when darkness falls and he finds himself near Mucklestane-Moor, an area notorious for its associations with the supernatural. As he ventures deeper into this eerie landscape, he is haunted by local legends of ghosts and witches. He soon encounters Earnscliff, a local gentleman, and together they discuss the perils of the land, all while being drawn into an encounter with a mysterious figure that seems to challenge both their understandings of reality and folklore. Their conversations reveal tensions rooted in historical animosities and foreshadow further conflict, setting the stage for their adventures intertwined with the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Scotland -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 46277 |
| Release Date | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 43 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
