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A play written in 1900. Set in a Dutch fishing community, it follows the widow Kniertje, who has already lost her husband and two sons to the sea. Trapped by circumstance, she forces her remaining sons to join the crew of a decrepit fishing vessel. Through realistic dialogue and complex characters, Heijermans explores how both the poor