Project Gutenberg 2021-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 120 Ovink-Soer, Marie 1860 1937 Ovink-Soer, Marie C. E. Ovink-Soer, M. C. E. Soer, Marie C. E. Vrouwenleven in de Dessa Vrouwenleven in de dessa -- Een zendelingsvrouwtje -- Karbouwenjongetje -- Een avondwandeling -- Een proefsnit -- De eerste bui -- Alleen thuis -- Brand in de kampong -- Margo's heldendaad. Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "Vrouwenleven in de Dessa" by Marie Ovink-Soer is a narrative work likely written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the lives of women living in a small village in Indonesia, focusing on themes of motherhood, sacrifice, and the intersection of tradition and change. The central characters include Kamisah, a young mother who tragically dies giving birth, and her daughter Wagini, who must navigate her own path through societal expectations and personal desires. The opening of "Vrouwenleven in de Dessa" introduces a poignant scene set during the midnight birth of Kamisah’s child in a simple coastal village. As Kamisah struggles against exhaustion and the fear of evil spirits, her infant daughter, Wagini, enters the world amidst challenges and cultural expectations. The narrative unfolds to show how Wagini is raised primarily by her grandmother and describes her early years filled with playful innocence yet shadowed by her mother's tragic fate. As she grows, Wagini is faced with the pressures of marriage and the constraints of societal norms, setting the stage for a story rich in emotional depth and cultural reflection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Indonesia -- Fiction Short stories, Dutch PT Text Category: Novels 265249 2025-07-25T14:20:23.614617 text/html 237908 2024-10-18T12:39:14 text/html 283215 2025-07-25T14:20:30.558636 application/epub+zip 295064 2025-07-25T14:20:25.892647 application/epub+zip 169842 2025-07-25T14:20:24.845623 application/epub+zip 372048 2025-07-25T14:20:33.595600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352189 2025-07-25T14:20:29.328672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227497 2022-09-29T08:51:29.266414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210783 2025-07-25T14:20:22.913655 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 190957 2024-10-18T12:39:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16155 2025-07-25T14:20:33.740563 application/rdf+xml 14037 2025-07-25T14:20:24.974632 image/jpeg 2151 2025-07-25T14:20:24.912608 image/jpeg 261004 2025-07-25T14:20:23.646631 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