Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates

by Mary Mapes Dodge

Mary Mapes Dodge created an instant bestseller with "Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates." She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and partly a domestic story. It is a tale written for children that adults also find interesting and uplifting. Dodge writes as if she is sending a series of letters from Holland to children in America, and her you-are-there perspective is aided by a nice attention to detail and vivid imagery.The Brinkers are a poor but stoic family under a dark cloud - Raff, the man of the house, fell from the dikes while reinforcing them during a bad storm, and for ten y...

🎧 Audiobook Details

🔗 Download

Download Zip File

Provided by Librivox.org - Public Domain Audiobooks