Project Gutenberg 2004-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 104 Conscience, Hendrik 1812 1883 Conscience, Henryk Conscience, Henri Bavo en Lieveken Produced by Robbie Deighton, Miranda van de Heijning and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Bavo en Lieveken" by Hendrik Conscience is a novel written during the late 19th century. This work explores the lives of the working class in Belgium, particularly focusing on the struggles of families who work in cotton factories. The title characters, Bavo and Lieveken, represent the hopes and challenges faced by children in a society that often prioritizes labor over education and well-being. At the start of the novel, the setting is vividly depicted in a bustling cotton factory in Ghent during the summer of 1832, illustrating the harsh conditions faced by the workers as they toil under the intimidating machinery. The narrative introduces key characters, including Adriaan Damhout, a father who grapples with the tension between work and family obligations, and his children, including Bavo and Lieveken. The chapter showcases the social dynamics within the factory and the home, touching upon themes of poverty, parental sacrifice, and the desire for a better future through education. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the children's aspirations for learning will clash with societal expectations and familial pressures, setting the stage for their journey toward personal and social enlightenment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 317147 2025-07-06T06:05:49.138816 text/html 312398 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/html 823661 2025-07-06T06:05:57.381792 application/epub+zip 828133 2025-07-06T06:05:52.579864 application/epub+zip 176474 2025-07-06T06:05:50.799749 application/epub+zip 5347544 2025-07-06T06:06:00.415733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5327450 2025-07-06T06:05:55.895773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318883 2022-09-07T03:01:22.933878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283471 2025-07-06T06:05:48.465769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 263640 2024-10-28T20:32:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283318 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283309 2020-12-18T08:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20738 2025-07-06T06:06:00.541705 application/rdf+xml 15476 2025-07-06T06:05:51.297785 image/jpeg 3702 2025-07-06T06:05:51.047786 image/jpeg 104327 2020-12-18T08:44:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 1403518 2020-12-18T08:44:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 104215 2020-12-18T08:44:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 830349 2025-07-06T06:05:49.189793 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia