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Wikipedia article'Bartje Bartels' is the main character in a series of Dutch books written by Anne de Vries from 1935 on. Bartje is a boy who lives with his poor family in the countryside of Drenthe. His parents want him to become a farmer like his father, but Bartje has other ideas. He initially works as an apprentice, but when his mother dies, he has to look after his younger brothers and sisters. There is a statue of Bartje in the city of Assen which has been vandalized several times. Famous quotationThe most famous quotation from Bartje's books appears in a story in which the family is sitting at the table to eat brown beans. Bartje, who hates brown beans, pushes his plate away when his mother is about to give him some. He refuses to say grace (a prayer to thank God for the food they are about to eat) and says: 'Ik bid nie veur bruune boon'n ' (in modern Dutch: 'Ik bid niet voor bruine bonen', meaning: 'I wont thank God for brown beans'). His parents react with shock and he gets into big trouble. Television seriesBartje's stories were adapted into a television series by Willy van Hemert. It aired in 1972 and again in 2004 and used Standard Dutch subtitles because the actors speak in a Drents dialect. Category:Dutch children's books Category:Dutch novels Category:1935 novels Category:Fictional Dutch people Category:Novels set in the Netherlands Category:Child characters in literature Category:Male characters in literature Category:Dutch novels adapted into television shows Category:1972 Dutch television series debuts Category:1973 Dutch television series endings Category:2004 Dutch television series debuts Category:2004 Dutch television series endings Category:Dutch children's television series Category:Dutch drama television series Category:Literary characters introduced in 1935 Category:Culture of Drenthe | |
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