02227cam a22003373u 4500 76762 UtSlPG 20260610134758.0 m cr n 260607r20251922utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG nl iso639-1 PT Hille-Gaerthé, C. M. van (Catharina Magdalena), 1881-1958 Tuintjes Tweede druk Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-08-29 De man en zijn tuin -- Kindertuintjes -- Voorjaars-hofje. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg Tuintjes by C. M. van Hille-Gaerthé is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The book delicately explores how gardens and small green places shape human feeling and connection—within marriages, among children, and across the final years of life. In the first story, a man’s devotion to his garden strains his marriage when his wife cuts his campanulas out of spite; yet a gentle evening—walking with their anxious child and sharing quiet tea—opens a path toward tenderness. The second follows a mother who dreams of a perfect future garden but, through her children’s messy plots, games, and the gift of a single sugared strawberry, learns to cherish the abundant life of the present. The last paints a springtime hofje where elderly women tend tiny beds, nurse old slights and friendships, and receive a visiting painter; beneath pear blossoms, small rituals and whispered sympathies glow, and the tale closes on a soft meditation about age, time, and who will live to see the fruit ripen. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Rotterdam: Nijgh & van Ditmar's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1922 Short stories, Dutch Dutch fiction -- 20th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76762 117487 117487