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Hans Brinker audiobook
by Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)
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Mary
Mapes Dodge created an instant bestseller with "Hans Brinker or The
Silver Skates." She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and
partly a domestic story. It is a tale written for children that adults
also find interesting and uplifting. Dodge writes as if she is sending a
series of letters from Holland to children in America, and her
you-are-there perspective is aided by a nice attention to detail and
vivid imagery.
The Brinkers are a poor but stoic family under a
dark cloud -- Raff, the man of the house, fell from the dikes while
reinforcing them during a bad storm, and for ten years he has been in a
vegetative state. With no steady income, the family's lot is grinding
poverty. Despite their unfortunate circumstances, Hans and Gretel are
cheerful children, yet always attentive to the needs of their mother and
their present-but-not-really-there father. Their social standing is
very low, but they both attract firm friends, even among the gentry, for
their honesty, industry, and good-heartedness.
Then a glorious
skating race is proposed for the town of Broek, with the prize a pair of
silver skates for both the winning boy and girl. In the weeks leading
up to the race, we follow the adventures of five of the local boys who
are showing a visiting relative from England the sights of the
Netherlands. Hans improbably meets the one man who might be able to heal
his father, and somehow Hans finds a way to afford some skates so that
he and Gretel can enter the race.
This all leads up to a
dramatic, moving, and entirely satisfactory conclusion. "Hans Brinker"
hits a series of high notes and encourages children to cultivate and
display their finer qualities.
by Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905)
http://free-audio-books.info/science/...
Mary
Mapes Dodge created an instant bestseller with "Hans Brinker or The
Silver Skates." She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and
partly a domestic story. It is a tale written for children that adults
also find interesting and uplifting. Dodge writes as if she is sending a
series of letters from Holland to children in America, and her
you-are-there perspective is aided by a nice attention to detail and
vivid imagery.
The Brinkers are a poor but stoic family under a
dark cloud -- Raff, the man of the house, fell from the dikes while
reinforcing them during a bad storm, and for ten years he has been in a
vegetative state. With no steady income, the family's lot is grinding
poverty. Despite their unfortunate circumstances, Hans and Gretel are
cheerful children, yet always attentive to the needs of their mother and
their present-but-not-really-there father. Their social standing is
very low, but they both attract firm friends, even among the gentry, for
their honesty, industry, and good-heartedness.
Then a glorious
skating race is proposed for the town of Broek, with the prize a pair of
silver skates for both the winning boy and girl. In the weeks leading
up to the race, we follow the adventures of five of the local boys who
are showing a visiting relative from England the sights of the
Netherlands. Hans improbably meets the one man who might be able to heal
his father, and somehow Hans finds a way to afford some skates so that
he and Gretel can enter the race.
This all leads up to a
dramatic, moving, and entirely satisfactory conclusion. "Hans Brinker"
hits a series of high notes and encourages children to cultivate and
display their finer qualities.
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