📘 About this eBook

Author

➡️ Augusta van Slooten
A Dutch writer known for her uplifting and moral tales for young readers. Van Slooten’s stories often center on the lives of ordinary children, emphasizing kindness, honesty, perseverance, and the importance of family and faith.

🎨 Illustrator

➡️ Willem Wiegmans (Willem Leendert Wiegmans, 1892 – 1942)
A Dutch artist and illustrator celebrated for his expressive line work and charming portrayals of daily life. His illustrations add warmth and personality to Mieke, bringing its young heroine and her world vividly to life.

📖 Title

Mieke: een verhaal voor jonge meisjes
(Mieke: A Story for Young Girls)

Originally published in 1919 in Utrecht by A.W. Bruna & Zoon’s Uitgevers Maatschappij, this gentle coming-of-age story follows Mieke, a spirited young girl learning life’s lessons through friendship, family, and self-discovery.

Blending moral instruction with heartfelt storytelling, Mieke reflects early 20th-century Dutch values while offering timeless insights into youth and character.

🏛️ Publication Details

• Original Publication: Utrecht: A.W. Bruna & Zoon’s Uitg. Mij., 1919

• Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at pgdp.net for Project Gutenberg

• Language: Dutch

🗂️ Library Classification (LoC Class)

PZ — Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

🌷 Subjects

• Children’s stories, Dutch

• Young girls — Fiction

• Family and friendship

• Moral and educational tales

🧾 Technical Details

• Category: Text (Juvenile Fiction)

• EBook-No.: 77190

• Release Date: November 7, 2025

• Copyright Status: Public Domain in the USA

👧 Summary (Modern Overview)

Mieke is a tender and inspiring story for young readers, filled with everyday joys and quiet lessons about honesty, compassion, and growing up. Augusta van Slooten’s warm narrative and Willem Wiegmans’s charming illustrations create a portrait of childhood that still resonates more than a century after its first publication.

Perfect for readers of classic children’s literature and for anyone interested in early 20th-century Dutch storytelling traditions.