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Old People and The Things That Pass (1906)

di Louis Couperus

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Old People And The Things That Pass Louis Couperus Dodd, Mead and company, 1918 Fiction; Psychological; Fiction / Psychological… (altro)
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De aparte schrijfstijl komt mij aanstellerig over. Waarom Couperus geen normale zinsbouw gebruikt is mij anders een raadsel. Toch is het een goed boek.

Sleutel tot deze roman is de vermelding dat grootmama ooit een grande-coquette was, een luxe-hoer. Couperus beschrijft hier de dubbele moraal van de burgerij op het einde van de lange negentiende eeuw.

Het is echter ook de periode dat de vrouwen beginnen op te komen voor hun rechten en vrijheden. Denk maar aan de suffragettes. De mannen daarentegen beschouwen de echtgenotes nog als heiligenhuisjes en zoeken hun pleziertjes buitenshuis of vallen de huismeiden lastig.

De door Couperus geuite bedenkingen over het huwelijk aan de hand van een aantal personages hoort bij de hele sfeer die er heerst in deze verdwijnende wereld en de tegenstrijdige levenswijzen. Couperus die volgens zijn biografie waarschijnlijk homo was en toch gehuwd zal zeker zelf met dezelfde vragen over de zin van het huwelijk hebben geworsteld. ( )
  Rodemail | Jul 24, 2023 |
Couperus is an important Dutch author, and this book is a Dutch classic. It features a large Dutch family with elders who had previously lived in the Dutch East Indies. The matriarch, Grandmama, is 97, and is visited daily by a friend from her time in the East Indies, Takma, who is also in his 90’s. Together, they harbor a deep, dark, and violent secret from their time in the Indies 60 years previously.

As the book opens, Takma’s granddaughter Ellie has just agreed to marry Lot, son of Grandmama’s youngest daughter Ottilie, who is on her third marriage, an unhappy one to a man named Steyn. Grandmama’s family is large, and there are close to a dozen other main characters in her children and their spouses (the aunts and uncles), and all the children of the aunts and uncles.

Grandmama and Takma have lived with their secret (“the Thing”) all these years, believing that no one else knows. Over the course of the book, we come to know that this belief is mistaken. Other people know, and as events transpire, more and more people learn the secret. By the end of the book, just about everyone knows, although just about everyone thinks no one else knows.

Couperus cleverly plays with constantly shifting points of view, which he does quite successfully. I enjoyed this book, although I found the writing a bit overwrought at times. Recommended.

3 1/2 stars ( )
  arubabookwoman | Jan 18, 2021 |
Moeilijk te lezen (oud taalgebruik, veel personages), maar toch een knap verhaal. ( )
1 vota kaatjevh | Aug 7, 2013 |
A literary crime book... Amazing how secrets come hunting the persons after many, many years...

Since this is an old time favorite, I just as well might send this one out in the Dutch version of the 'favorite book roundabout'. Have not decided yet. ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Mar 31, 2013 |
Boeiend relaas over wroeging na een moord. Naturalistische roman. Couperus beschrijft heel mooi en met liefde mensen en hun onderlinge relaties. ( )
  M.J.Meeuwsen | Jul 6, 2012 |
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Louis Couperusautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Bastet, FrédéricPostfazioneautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Old People And The Things That Pass Louis Couperus Dodd, Mead and company, 1918 Fiction; Psychological; Fiction / Psychological

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