Project Gutenberg 2008-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 98 Buysse, Cyriel 1859 1932 Buysse, Cyriël Buysse, Cyrillus Gustave Emile De roman van den schaatsenrijder Produced by Anna Tuinman, Eline Visser, Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "De roman van den schaatsenrijder" by Cyriel Buysse is a novella written in the early 20th century. This fictional work follows the life of a skater, who recounts his experiences and memories of skating during his youth in a small village. The narrative paints a vivid picture of winter landscapes and the joys and challenges of childhood in a tight-knit community centered around the sport of skating. At the start of the novel, the protagonist reflects on his earliest memories of skating, sharing the thrill of gliding over the ice for the first time. He describes the enchanting beauty of winter mornings, the excitement of discovering an ice-covered pond, and the camaraderie of local boys who join him in the exhilaration of skating. The narrative soon introduces the village's notary, who inadvertently causes a moment of fear among the boys but ultimately does not disrupt their joy. As the story unfolds, the protagonist recalls various skating locations, including a little pond behind the notary's villa and a larger ice surface at the local almshouse, while also hinting at encounters with various characters that shape his youthful adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Biographical fiction PT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 354591 352297 2024-09-11T05:29:09.245608 2023-09-11T08:53:57.844854 text/html text/html 349153 2008-05-18T08:44:42 text/html 124403 2008-05-18T08:44:44 text/html application/zip 189953 2024-09-11T05:29:16.805562 application/epub+zip 192158 2024-09-11T05:29:11.630614 application/epub+zip 192157 2024-09-11T05:29:10.323613 application/epub+zip 358070 2024-09-11T05:29:20.637555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317464 2024-09-11T05:29:15.795610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317649 2022-09-12T04:33:51.094353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299219 299093 2024-09-11T05:29:08.220629 2023-09-11T08:53:56.893842 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 298530 2008-05-18T08:44:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115417 2008-05-18T08:44:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18810 2024-09-11T05:29:20.775546 application/rdf+xml 12993 2024-09-11T05:29:10.694595 image/jpeg 3104 2024-09-11T05:29:10.506624 image/jpeg 178686 2024-09-11T05:29:09.278615 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