Project Gutenberg 2008-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 206 Buysse, Cyriel 1859 1932 Buysse, Cyriël Buysse, Cyrillus Gustave Emile De roman van den schaatsenrijder Produced by Anna Tuinman, Eline Visser, Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "De roman van den schaatsenrijder" by Cyriel Buysse is a novella written in the early 20th century. This fictional work follows the life of a skater, who recounts his experiences and memories of skating during his youth in a small village. The narrative paints a vivid picture of winter landscapes and the joys and challenges of childhood in a tight-knit community centered around the sport of skating. At the start of the novel, the protagonist reflects on his earliest memories of skating, sharing the thrill of gliding over the ice for the first time. He describes the enchanting beauty of winter mornings, the excitement of discovering an ice-covered pond, and the camaraderie of local boys who join him in the exhilaration of skating. The narrative soon introduces the village's notary, who inadvertently causes a moment of fear among the boys but ultimately does not disrupt their joy. As the story unfolds, the protagonist recalls various skating locations, including a little pond behind the notary's villa and a larger ice surface at the local almshouse, while also hinting at encounters with various characters that shape his youthful adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Biographical fiction PT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 354762 2025-06-10T13:02:34.210414 text/html 349153 2008-05-18T08:44:42 text/html 124403 2008-05-18T08:44:44 text/html application/zip 213135 2025-06-10T13:02:44.529322 application/epub+zip 215077 2025-06-10T13:02:38.662359 application/epub+zip 207148 2025-06-10T13:02:36.803366 application/epub+zip 390199 2025-06-10T13:02:48.814312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349615 2025-06-10T13:02:43.182375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317649 2022-09-12T04:33:51.094353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299219 2025-06-10T13:02:32.941385 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298530 2008-05-18T08:44:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115417 2008-05-18T08:44:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19059 2025-06-10T13:02:48.975287 application/rdf+xml 12923 2025-06-10T13:02:37.404363 image/jpeg 3081 2025-06-10T13:02:37.100341 image/jpeg 201200 2025-06-10T13:02:34.250392 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 fr.wikipedia nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia