Project Gutenberg 2010-01-23 Public domain in the USA. 149 Conscience, Hendrik 1812 1883 Conscience, Henryk Conscience, Henri Siska van Roosemael Produced by Branko Collin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 66.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. nl Domestic fiction Families -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 137751 2025-07-12T14:36:10.304144 text/html 137231 2010-01-23T04:05:20 text/html 3279639 2025-07-12T14:36:19.155113 application/epub+zip 3277671 2025-07-12T14:36:14.357155 application/epub+zip 115111 2025-07-12T14:36:12.130145 application/epub+zip 4497729 2025-07-12T14:36:21.809086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4482889 2025-07-12T14:36:17.087107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223166 2022-09-14T09:47:51.397147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117331 2025-07-12T14:36:09.852146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116852 2010-01-23T04:05:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19639 2025-07-12T14:36:21.945094 application/rdf+xml 15461 2025-07-12T14:36:12.626132 image/jpeg 3847 2025-07-12T14:36:12.376125 image/jpeg 45947 2010-01-23T04:09:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 3278194 2010-01-23T04:09:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 3399116 2025-07-12T14:36:10.370152 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