Author

Publication

1970 - Oxford U.P., London, England

Language

English

Word Count

46,500 words, Guess

Page Count

186 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100192745204
  • ISBN-139780192745200
  • Goodreads1898330
  • Library of Congress Control Number72184913
  • Better World Books9780192745200
and 2 more
  • Better World BooksP9-BVY-015
  • Open LibraryOL5331777M

Classifications

  • LCCPZ7.C5214 Wh
  • LCCPZ7.C5214Wh

Description

Ernest Claes writes about a blond boy named Whitey, or in the original Dutch, De Witte, the white one. It's set in late 1800s to early 1900s in Sichem, a Belgian village on the Dutch-Belgian border where the authour himself lived. Whitey is a mischievous magnet for trouble and he has become the favorite scapegoat of his school, his village and his family. The story depicts Whitey's troubles and rural village life of that time and place. Whitey is thought to have been based on a real life boy with the same nickname but from another village on the Dutch side of the border in the district of Hulst where the author's wife had lived.

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