De zilveren schaatsen by P. J. Andriessen and Mary Mapes Dodge
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"De zilveren schaatsen" by P. J. Andriessen and Mary Mapes Dodge is a novel published in 1865. Set during a Dutch winter where everyone travels by skates, the story follows poor Hans Brinker who hopes to win a skating competition for silver skates as the prize. He desperately needs the money to pay a doctor for his ailing father's treatment. The narrative weaves together three storylines while exploring life in Holland, featuring
skating journeys, lost family connections, and acts of honesty that bind the characters together. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Andriessen, P. J. (Pieter Jacob), 1815-1877 |
|---|---|
| Author | Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 |
| Illustrator | Braakensiek, Joh. (Johan Coenraad), 1858-1940 |
| Illustrator | Sluijters, Jan, 1881-1957 |
| Title | De zilveren schaatsen |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker_of_de_zilveren_schaatsen |
| Credits |
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Siblings -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Skating -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Netherlands -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 60777 |
| Release Date | Nov 24, 2019 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 395 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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