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Falconberg (1879) by Hjalmar H. Boyesen (Original Classics)
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (23 September 1848 - 4 October 1895) was a Norwegian-American author and college professor. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, which is generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America He was born at the Norwegian naval base Fredriksvern, near the village of Stavern in Vestfold County, Norway. Boyesen grew up in Fredriksvern, then in Kongsberg, and, from 1854, at Systrand in Sogn. From 1860, he went to Drammen Latin School, and, after his final exams, he took another exam at the university in 1868. Boyesen was well-schooled in both German and Scandinavian literature, graduating from the University of Leipzig and the University of Oslo
Boyhood in Norway (Esprios Classics)
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (23 September 1848 - 4 October 1895) was a Norwegian-American author and college professor. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, which is generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America. Boyesen immigrated to the United States during 1869 and initially became assistant editor of Fremad, a Norwegian language weekly published in Chicago. The multi-lingual Boyesen subsequently taught Greek and Latin classes at Urbana University. Boyesen was a professor of North European Languages at Cornell University from 1874 to 1880. His scholarly works included Goethe and Schiller, Essays on German Literature, A Commentary on the Works of Henrik Ibsen and Essays on Scandinavian Literature.
The Modern Vikings: Stories of Life and Sport in the Norseland
'The Modern Vikings: Stories of Life and Sport in the Norseland' is a collection of stories set in Nordic countries, especially one that takes place in Norway. It was written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, a Norwegian-American author and college professor, best remembered today for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, which is generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America. For this book in particular, Boyesen draws upon his years of childhood growing up in Norway. He weaved 12 stories from his experiences, some of them bearing the following titles: 'Tharald's Otter', 'Between Sea & Sky', and 'Mikkel'.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Boyesen is about Mr. Julius Hahn and his son as they travel through the beautiful Alpine meadows. Excerpt: "Mr. Julius Hahn and his son Fritz were on a summer journey in the Tyrol. They had started from Mayrhofen early in the afternoon, on two meek-eyed, spiritless farm horses, and they intended to reach Ginzling before nightfall. There was a great blaze of splendor hidden somewhere behind the western mountaintops; broad bars of fiery light were climbing the sky, and the châlets and the Alpine meadows shone in soft crimson illumination."
Tales from Two Hemispheres
"Tales From Two Hemispheres" from Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. Norwegian-born American critic, novelist, short-story writer, translator, and poet (1848-1895).
