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_aConscience, Hendrik, _d1812-1883 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aSiska van Roosemael |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2010-01-23 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Branko Collin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"Siska van Roosemael" by Hendrik Conscience is a novel written in the early 20th century." The story follows Siska, the young daughter of the traditional shopkeeper Jan Van Roosemael, who finds herself caught between her modest upbringing and the alluring yet perilous world of modern society, as her father struggles to uphold his values against the backdrop of changing times. With themes exploring social class, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the pursuit of identity, the novel paints a rich picture of familial bonds and societal expectations. "The opening of the novel introduces the Van Roosemael family, particularly Siska, a fifteen-year-old girl who possesses beauty and innocence shaped by her family's humble, hardworking values." Jan Van Roosemael operates a long-established grocery store in Antwerp, but their way of life is threatened by the changing societal norms represented by their neighbor, the shoemaker Spinael, who adopts a more flamboyant, French-inspired lifestyle. Their friendship is strained as Spinael's choices lead him into debt and moral decay, while Siska faces pressure to conform to the new, fashionable ways exemplified by Spinael's daughter, Hortense. As Siska's mother wishes for her to attend a French pension, the tone of the narrative foreshadows the conflict between preserving their traditional values and succumbing to the seductive allure of modernity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aDomestic fiction | ||
| 653 | _aFamilies -- Fiction | ||
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