Project Gutenberg 2008-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 47 Robbers, Herman Johan 1868 1937 De vreemde plant Reading ease score: 83.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Branko Collin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "De vreemde plant" by Herman Johan Robbers is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores the introspective journey of a young woman who reflects on her childhood, grief, and the complexities of her emotional world, particularly through the lens of her relationships with family members. The narrative captures the essence of longing and the tension between reality and dreams, as well as the struggles of a sensitive soul navigating a world that often feels harsh and unwelcoming. The opening of the novel introduces a dream-like garden that lingers in the memories of the main character, evoking feelings of nostalgia and loss. The protagonist reminisces about her childhood and the impact of her mother's death, which intertwines with her recollections of an imaginary garden filled with striking flowers. This garden serves as a symbol of her inner life, contrasting sharply with her troubling existence at home, where she feels misunderstood and estranged from her father and others. The reader is drawn into her emotional state as she grapples with feelings of melancholy, a pursuit of beauty and refinement, and the desire for a connection that goes beyond the tangible realities of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Fiction PT Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 196795 196751 2024-10-11T10:39:18.291778 2023-09-12T04:01:58.643805 text/html text/html 203514 2021-01-04T02:44:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1038789 2021-01-04T02:44:19 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1120058 2024-10-11T10:39:25.069736 application/epub+zip 1121255 2024-10-11T10:39:20.623800 application/epub+zip 145351 2024-10-11T10:39:19.118766 application/epub+zip 1369716 2024-10-11T10:39:28.248721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1337711 2024-10-11T10:39:23.890908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229660 2022-09-12T10:09:12.720411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172427 172341 2024-10-11T10:39:17.614829 2023-09-12T04:01:58.149802 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 172162 2021-01-04T02:44:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 65670 2021-01-04T02:44:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19265 2024-10-11T10:39:28.381748 application/rdf+xml 13145 2024-10-11T10:39:19.682782 image/jpeg 3250 2024-10-11T10:39:19.401765 image/jpeg 1106194 2024-10-11T10:39:18.337785 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