Project Gutenberg 2006-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 170 Buysse, Cyriel 1859 1932 Buysse, Cyriël Buysse, Cyrillus Gustave Emile De Zwarte Kost Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Johan Boelaert. "De Zwarte Kost" by Cyriel Buysse is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set in the small village of Akspoele, the story centers around Fortuné Massijn, a clerk known for his peculiar obsession with befriending strangers, who returns home triumphantly with two young African princes, only to face ridicule and disdain from the locals. The book explores themes of social status, vanity, and the clash between local tradition and the exotic allure of the foreign. The opening of the novel introduces a peaceful Sunday morning in Akspoele, disrupted by the arrival of Massijn and his accompanied "princes." The villagers are astonished and confused by the sight of Massijn proudly presenting his friends, who are depicted as grotesque and monstrous in appearance. Rather than receiving admiration, Massijn is met with mockery and scorn from his fellow villagers, leading to a series of dramatic confrontations. As the villagers jeer, Massijn grows increasingly enraged at their reactions, trying to assert the dignity of both himself and his companions amidst the chaos, which sets the stage for the tensions and themes that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 136759 136760 2024-10-08T03:37:06.708168 2023-09-08T06:10:15.778378 text/html text/html 135059 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 51111 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 117883 2024-10-08T03:37:11.511152 application/epub+zip 118276 2024-10-08T03:37:08.638196 application/epub+zip 118276 2024-10-08T03:37:07.434169 application/epub+zip 219912 2024-10-08T03:37:13.616157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212190 2024-10-08T03:37:10.775195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179018 2022-09-08T11:34:55.944831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127767 127757 2024-10-08T03:37:06.354194 2023-09-08T06:10:15.480468 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 127485 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49275 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 127476 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49126 2020-12-13T13:54:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21570 2024-10-08T03:37:13.739128 application/rdf+xml 11758 2024-10-08T03:37:07.968161 image/jpeg 3202 2024-10-08T03:37:07.697195 image/jpeg 118398 2024-10-08T03:37:06.722283 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 fr.wikipedia