# De zilveren schaatsen

By P. J. Andriessen and Mary Mapes Dodge.

"De zilveren schaatsen" by P. J. Andriessen and Mary Mapes Dodge is a novel published in 1865. Set during a Dutch winter where everyone travels by skates, the story follows poor Hans Brinker who hopes to win a skating competition for silver skates as the prize. He desperately needs the money to pay a doctor for his ailing father's treatment. The narrative weaves together three storylines while exploring life in Holland, featuring skating journeys, lost family connections, and acts of honesty that bind the characters together. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Dutch
- Illustrator: Joh. Braakensiek
- Illustrator: Jan Sluijters
- Subjects: Siblings -- Juvenile fiction; Skating -- Juvenile fiction; Netherlands -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction

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