Project Gutenberg 2008-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 99 Lennep, J. van (Jacob) 1802 1868 Lennep, Jacob van Lennep, Jakob van Van Lennep, J. (Jacob) De Pleegzoon Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ "De Pleegzoon" by J. van Lennep is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. Set against the backdrop of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the book tells the intertwining stories of various characters during a period of significant societal and political change in the Netherlands. Among the key characters introduced are the prominent figures Ulrich von Daun, Graaf van Falckestein, and Hendrik van Reede, each with their distinct personalities and motivations. The opening of "De Pleegzoon" establishes a festive atmosphere surrounding the wedding of the daughter of the esteemed Filips van Marnix, which draws a large crowd to Leiden. As the characters make their way to the ceremony, conversations unveil deeper themes of familial conflict and individual struggles. Reede reveals his worries about his wife Maria, whose well-being is complicated by her family's past, while Falckestein grapples with the implications of their societal status amid a backdrop of changing political tensions. The narrative sets the stage for further exploration of the characters' relationships and the historical context in which they operate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Historical fiction PT Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1257289 1251275 2024-10-10T12:48:30.935044 2023-09-11T05:02:42.961612 text/html text/html 1282592 2008-01-30T16:41:30 text/html 701830 2008-01-30T16:41:30 text/html application/zip 755089 2024-10-10T12:48:47.259975 application/epub+zip 768660 2024-10-10T12:48:33.767063 application/epub+zip 615421 2024-10-10T12:48:32.315052 application/epub+zip 1089247 2024-10-10T12:48:56.639953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1023677 2024-10-10T12:48:45.838009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 871282 2022-09-11T10:10:29.403221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1082266 1082176 2024-10-10T12:48:27.945099 2023-09-11T05:02:40.119584 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1081160 2008-01-30T16:41:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 414512 2008-01-30T16:41:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19588 2024-10-10T12:48:56.803912 application/rdf+xml 25292 2024-10-10T12:48:32.482065 image/jpeg 3409 2024-10-10T12:48:32.399043 image/jpeg 701974 2024-10-10T12:48:31.061079 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 nl.wikipedia