Project Gutenberg 2004-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 56 Conscience, Hendrik 1812 1883 Conscience, Henryk Conscience, Henri Bavo en Lieveken Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Robbie Deighton, Miranda van de Heijning and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Bavo en Lieveken" by Hendrik Conscience is a novel written during the late 19th century. This work explores the lives of the working class in Belgium, particularly focusing on the struggles of families who work in cotton factories. The title characters, Bavo and Lieveken, represent the hopes and challenges faced by children in a society that often prioritizes labor over education and well-being. At the start of the novel, the setting is vividly depicted in a bustling cotton factory in Ghent during the summer of 1832, illustrating the harsh conditions faced by the workers as they toil under the intimidating machinery. The narrative introduces key characters, including Adriaan Damhout, a father who grapples with the tension between work and family obligations, and his children, including Bavo and Lieveken. The chapter showcases the social dynamics within the factory and the home, touching upon themes of poverty, parental sacrifice, and the desire for a better future through education. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the children's aspirations for learning will clash with societal expectations and familial pressures, setting the stage for their journey toward personal and social enlightenment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 317024 316225 2024-10-06T08:45:42.573916 2023-10-06T09:46:24.421390 text/html text/html 312398 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1403518 2020-12-18T08:44:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 823584 2024-10-06T08:45:51.833902 application/epub+zip 828134 2024-10-06T08:45:46.517922 application/epub+zip 176485 2024-10-06T08:45:44.513905 application/epub+zip 5347576 2024-10-06T08:45:55.284830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5327450 2024-10-06T08:45:50.301883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318883 2022-09-07T03:01:22.933878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283471 283382 2024-10-06T08:45:41.784934 2023-10-06T09:46:23.626366 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 283318 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104327 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 283309 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104215 2020-12-18T08:44:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21484 2024-10-06T08:45:55.415811 application/rdf+xml 15476 2024-10-06T08:45:45.079865 image/jpeg 3702 2024-10-06T08:45:44.798865 image/jpeg 830302 2024-10-06T08:45:42.631873 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia