Small Souls - Couperus, Louis

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Résumé :
Small Souls is a book via the outstanding Dutch creator Louis Couperus, who lived from the overdue 1800s to the early 1900s. The story, which was first posted in 1898 as Eline Vere, takes vicinity in The Hague and is a moving have a look at social expectations, inner turmoil, and the outcomes of unmet desires. The story is in the main about Eline Vere, a young woman from the top class who is sensitive and thinks lots approximately her own emotions. Couperus skillfully crafts a tale approximately Eline's issues with the rules and expectations that society sets for her. You can really get interior Eline's thoughts as she struggles with longing and psychological angst on this book. Small Souls fantastically captures the temper of Europe within the late 1800s, a time of massive modifications in subculture and society. It shows the issues humans face whilst they may be stuck inside the rigid structures of their social class. Couperus' writing is known for being very psychologically excessive, giving readers a complete image of the people and the sector they stay in. Small Souls remains a classic piece of Dutch literature, praised for its deep take a look at of the human soul, how societal expectancies have an effect on humans, and the by no means-ending search for personal achievement.

Biographie:
Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch author and poet who lived from June 10, 1863, to July 16, 1923. Lyric poems, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons, and sketches are just some of the types of writing he has done. Couperus is thought to be one of the most important people in Dutch writing. He was given the Tollensprijs (Tollens Prize) in 1923. Couperus and his wife took many trips in Europe and Asia, and he later wrote a series of travel books about those trips that came out every week. Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was born on June 10, 1863, at Mauritskade 11 in The Hague, Netherlands. She came from an Indo family that had been in the Dutch East Indies for a long time and was part of the colonial landed class. He was the eleventh and youngest child of Catharina Geertruida Reynst (1829-1893) and John Ricus Couperus (1816-1902). John Ricus Couperus was a well-known colonial official, lawyer, and landheer or lord of the private domain (particuliere land) of Tjikopo in Java. He was a great-grandson of Governor of Malacca Abraham Couperus (1752-1813) and Governor of Ambon Willem Jacob Cranssen (1762-1821). His father was related to them through a female line that goes back to the middle of the 18th century.

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