Puck by Marie Ovink-Soer
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"Puck" by Marie Ovink-Soer is a children''s novel written in the early 20th century. Set in The Hague, it follows spirited Jootje “Puck” van Vorden and the warm Canneheuvel household as everyday frictions, friendships, and small moral tests shape the children’s character, especially Puck’s pride and temper. The focus is domestic: sibling bonds, the influence of friends, relations with servants, and the gentle guidance of caring adults. The opening of the story
shows Puck clashing with the maid Bet, bristling at not being treated as a “young lady,” and being emboldened by her fashionable friends, Ellen and Grace. A treat of poffertjes turns sour when Puck abandons Frits and Lientien to sit with those friends, earning a stern talking‑to; soon after, an April Fools joke on Lientien ends in slaps before their father restores peace with a walk and pastries. The family then confronts a serious worry: the mother’s eyesight, with a professor’s advice leading to a new household arrangement in which Nel takes over many duties and Kee tends Aunt Sjarlotje, while Frits quietly dreams of becoming an eye doctor. Puck, having eavesdropped, panics and alarms Lientien before the truth is calmly set right, and a new helper, the industrious (and insatiably hungry) Geertje from Scheveningen, joins the busy home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ovink-Soer, Marie, 1860-1937 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Coster, Johanna, 1893-1960 |
| Title | Puck |
| Original Publication | Gouda: G. B. van Goor Zonen, 1925. |
| Series Title | Ovink-Soer, Marie. Canneheuveltjes-serie ; 3. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76890 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76890-8 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 386 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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