Project Gutenberg 2015-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 65 Vletter, A. C. C. de 1866 1935 Wildschut, George 1883 1966 Wildschut, G. Wildschut, George‏ (George Petrus Wilhelmus) De ridders van den halven toren Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "De ridders van den halven toren" by A. C. C. de Vletter is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Broekenaaier, who are facing the challenges of childlessness and boredom in their lives. In a moment of inspiration, Mr. Broekenaaier comes up with a plan to adopt a child, setting off a series of comedic and heartwarming events that explore themes of family, community, and the joy of childhood. The opening of the book introduces the couple living in a quaint house on the outskirts of a village called Kooten. Both Mr. and Mrs. Broekenaaier are depicted as somewhat grumpy due to their unfulfilled desire for children, leading to a mundane and quiet lifestyle. Mr. Broekenaaier's eureka moment to place an advertisement seeking a child to adopt sets the tone for the story. The couple's discussions about the kind of child they want, their various ideas, and the reactions from the locals lay the foundation for the unfolding narrative about their lives changing dramatically in pursuit of joy and companionship through the addition of a child to their home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Children's stories, Dutch PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 409106 409187 2024-09-20T08:16:22.857052 2023-09-21T05:07:45.043216 text/html text/html 422691 2015-02-19T23:08:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii 2518546 2015-02-19T23:08:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2693440 2024-09-20T08:16:33.118002 application/epub+zip 2692260 2024-09-20T08:16:25.567084 application/epub+zip 221100 2024-09-20T08:16:24.006067 application/epub+zip 2869624 2024-09-20T08:16:37.896480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2816768 2024-09-20T08:16:31.801090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293915 2022-09-22T03:37:02.935049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288852 288730 2024-09-20T08:16:21.024123 2023-09-21T05:07:43.034260 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 288433 2015-02-19T23:08:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 109351 2015-02-19T23:08:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18877 2024-09-20T08:16:38.044489 application/rdf+xml 22899 2024-09-20T08:16:24.128055 image/jpeg 3521 2024-09-20T08:16:24.067056 image/jpeg 2521790 2024-09-20T08:16:22.974092 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