Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
By Mary Mapes Dodge
Length9h 27m
About this audiobook
"Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates" is a novel by the American author Mary Mapes Dodge, first published in 1865. The novel takes place in the Netherlands, and is a colourful fictional portrait of early nineteenth-century Dutch life, as well as a tale of youthful honor. The title of the book refers to the beautiful silver skates to be awarded to the winner of the ice-skating race Hans Brinker hopes to enter. The novel introduced the sport of speed skating to Americans.The book is also notable for popularising the story of the little Dutch boy who plugs a dike with his finger. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length9 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
26The Beleaguered Cities
2A Letter from Holland
27Leyden
3Hans and Gretel
28The Palace in the Wood
4Holland
29The Merchant Prince and the Sister-Princess
5The Silver Skates
30Through the Hague
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6Hans and Gretel Find a Friend
31A Day of Rest
7Shadows in the Home
32Homeward Bound
8Sunbeams
33Boys and Girls
9Hans Has His Way
34The Crisis
10Introducing Jacob Poot and His Cousin
35Gretel and Hilda
11The Festival of Saint Nicholas
36The Awakening
12What the Boys Saw and Did in Amsterdam
37Bones and Tongues
13Big Manias and Little Oddities
38A New Alarm
14On the Way to Haarlem
39The Father's Return
15A Catastrophe
40The Thousand Guilders
16Hans
41Glimpses
17Homes
42Looking For Work
18Haarlem—The Boys Hear Voices
43The Mysterious Watch
19The Man With Four Heads
44A Discovery
20Friends in Need
45The Race
21On the Canal
46Joy in the Cottage
22Jacob Poot Changes the Plan
47Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Higgs
23Mynheer Kleef and His Bill of Fare
48Broad Sunshine
24The Red Lion Becomes Dangerous
49Conclusion
25Before the Court
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