Project Gutenberg 2021-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 109 Prell, August 1856 1926 Prell, Conrad August Heinrich Prell, A. Ge-eft Acht! Schetsen uit het Indische soldatenleven Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Ge-eft Acht! Schetsen uit het Indische soldatenleven" by August Prell is a collection of sketches about life as a soldier in colonial Indonesia, written in the late 19th century. The sketches provide an introspective and often critical perspective on the experiences and attitudes of soldiers in the Dutch East Indies, touching on themes of military discipline, social class, and identity. With a focus on various recruits and their interactions, the work aims to portray the unique challenges faced by these individuals in a foreign land. At the start of the work, Prell sets the scene by addressing the misconceptions about Indonesian soldiers and their drinking habits, often critiquing the moralizing perspectives of European clergy. He portrays the recruits' experiences as they transition from civilian life to military service, capturing their thoughts and emotions. Through humorous anecdotes and observations, he introduces the reader to a range of characters, including recruits navigating their new environment and enduring the rigorous demands imposed by their superiors. This opening portion sets a tone of levity mingled with critique, suggesting a nuanced exploration of military life and identity in the colonial world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Soldiers -- Netherlands -- Biography Dutch -- Indonesia -- Biography PT U Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 343120 2025-06-26T11:10:34.249134 text/html 334624 2022-04-05T17:38:49 text/html 191684 2025-06-26T11:10:41.864036 application/epub+zip 210125 2025-06-26T11:10:36.640127 application/epub+zip 202305 2025-06-26T11:10:35.420128 application/epub+zip 330890 2025-06-26T11:10:45.277074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302701 2025-06-26T11:10:40.840069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273889 2022-09-30T06:34:38.144700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267492 2025-06-26T11:10:33.252167 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267236 2021-12-25T19:50:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18966 2025-06-26T11:10:45.410046 application/rdf+xml 17301 2025-06-26T11:10:35.516144 image/jpeg 2572 2025-06-26T11:10:35.469111 image/jpeg 104711 2021-12-25T19:50:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 117855 2022-04-05T17:38:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 178222 2025-06-26T11:10:34.279139 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 de.wikipedia