TY - BOOK AU - Rutten,Felix TI - Onder den rook der mijn: Eene novelle uit Limburg AV - PT PY - 2008/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Netherlands -- Fiction N1 - Release date is 2008-01-02; Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Onder den rook der mijn" by Felix Rutten is a novella set in Limburg, likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the characters Anneke, a young girl, and Hary Gerards, a young man studying to become a teacher. The narrative explores themes of childhood, community, and the social changes brought by industrialization, particularly the impact of coal mining on rural life. At the start of the novella, the reader is introduced to 12-year-old Anneke as she interacts with her mother while playing outside. They are headed to visit a sick neighbor, and Anneke's curiosity about a young man named Hary Gerards, who is back home on break from his studies, creates a sense of local camaraderie. The opening depicts the simplicity of village life, the innocence of youth, and the looming changes brought by the encroachment of the coal mine, setting the stage for deeper explorations of character and community dynamics as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24115 ER -