Louis Couperus

This book was created by Louis Marie-Anne Couperus, one of the major Dutch writers, in 1918. The story tells of two very old people who keep a terrible secret from the time they lived in the Dutch East Indies, many decades ago. Yet times change, and shame and scandal can no longer be contained when their grandchildren get married. Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (1863-1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet of the late 19th and early 20th century. He is usually considered one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. He came to fame with the publication of his first novel Eline Vere (1888), a naturalist work influenced by French novelists like Emile Zola and Gustave Flaubert. His 1891 novel Noodlot (Footsteps of Fate) was much admired by Oscar Wilde, and many have noted stylistic similarities between Noodlot's 1890 novel and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Couperus attained popularity with his novels Majesteit (Majesty, 1893) and Wereldvrede (World Peace, 1895), both set among royals in modern Europe, threatened with anarchism. Also his fairy tale Psyche (1898) has often been reprinted. His other works include: De Stille Kracht (The Hidden Force, 1900), Berg van Licht (The Mountain of Light, 1906), De Boeken der Kleine Zielen (The Books of the Small Souls, 1901-1902) and Van Oude Menschen, de Dingen, die Voorbij gaan... (Old People and the Things that Pass, 1906).

Louis Couperus: Das schwebende Schachbrett. Fantastischer Roman Het zwevende schaakbord. Hier in der deutschen bersetzung von Else Otten, Berlin, Rowohlt, 1921. Auch erschienen unter dem Titel Die unsichtbare Hand. Ein Roman um K nig Artus' Tafelrunde, Leipzig, Zenith Verlag Erich Stolpe, 1928. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2022. Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Lancelot und das magische Schachbrett, zwischen 1310 und 1315. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH

Louis Couperus: Das schwebende Schachbrett. Fantastischer Roman Het zwevende schaakbord. Hier in der deutschen bersetzung von Else Otten, Berlin, Rowohlt, 1921. Auch erschienen unter dem Titel Die unsichtbare Hand. Ein Roman um K nig Artus' Tafelrunde, Leipzig, Zenith Verlag Erich Stolpe, 1928. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2022. Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Lancelot und das magische Schachbrett, zwischen 1310 und 1315. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH

Ecstasy, A Study Of Happiness: A Novel, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Reproduction of the original: Old People and the Things that Pass by Louis Couperus

Reproduction of the original: The Law Inevitable by Louis Couperus

Reproduction of the original: The Law Inevitable by Louis Couperus

Reproduction of the original: Old People and the Things that Pass by Louis Couperus