
Hans Brinker (Illustrated Edition)
By Mary Mapes DodgeLength9h 36m
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In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15 year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister Gretel yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal. They have little chance of doing well on their handmade wooden skates, but the prospect of the race and the prize of the silver skates excites them and fires their dreams. Hans' father, Raff Brinker, suffered head trauma when he fell from a dike. It left him chronically ill, with episodes of amnesia and occasional violent outbursts, so he is unable to work. Mrs. Brinker, Hans, and Gretel must all work to support the family and are looked down upon in the community because they are poor. By chance, Hans meets the famous surgeon Dr.Boekman and begs him to treat their father, but the doctor's fees are expensive. What will Hans do now to help his father? Will he get to live his dream of skating on the ice?
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length9 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Hans Brinker (Illustrated Edition)
27XXIV. THE BELEAGUERED CITIES
2PREFACE
28XXV. LEYDEN
3A LETTER FROM HOLLAND
29XXVI. THE PALACE AND THE WOOD
4I. HANS AND GRETEL
30XXVII. THE MERCHANT PRINCE, AND THE SISTER-PRINCESS
5II. HOLLAND
31XXVIII. THROUGH THE HAGUE
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6III. THE SILVER SKATES
32XXIX. A DAY OF REST
7IV. HANS AND GRETEL FIND A FRIEND
33XXX. HOMEWARD BOUND
8V. SHADOWS IN THE HOME
34XXXI. BOYS AND GIRLS
9VI. SUNBEAMS
35XXXII. THE CRISIS
10VII. HANS HAS HIS WAY
36XXXIII. GRETEL AND HILDA
11VIII. INTRODUCING JACOB POOT AND HIS COUSIN
37XXXIV. THE AWAKENING
12IX. THE FESTIVAL OF SAINT NICHOLAS
38XXXV. BONES AND TONGUES
13X. WHAT THE BOYS SAW AND DID IN AMSTERDAM
39XXXVI. A NEW ALARM
14XI. BIG MANIAS AND LITTLE ODDITIES
40XXXVII. THE FATHER'S RETURN
15XII. ON THE WAY TO HAARLEM
41XXXVIII. THE THOUSAND GUILDERS
16XIII. A CATASTROPHE
42XXXIX. GLIMPSES
17XIV. HANS
43XL. LOOKING FOR WORK
18XV. HOMES
44XLI. THE FAIRY GODMOTHER
19XVI. HAARLEM.—THE BOYS HEAR VOICES
45XLII. THE MYSTERIOUS WATCH
20XVII. THE MAN WITH FOUR HEADS
46XLIII. A DISCOVERY
21XVIII. FRIENDS IN NEED
47XLIV. THE RACE
22XIX. ON THE CANAL
48XLV. JOY IN THE COTTAGE
23XX. JACOB POOT CHANGES THE PLAN
49XLVI. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THOMAS HIGGS
24XXI. MYNHEER KLEEF AND HIS BILL OF FARE
50XLVII. BROAD SUNSHINE
25XXII. THE RED LION BECOMES DANGEROUS
51CONCLUSION
26XXIII. BEFORE THE COURT