Project Gutenberg 2011-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 90 Couperus, Louis 1863 1923 Couperus, Louis Marie Anne Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander 1865 1921 Mattos, Alexander Teixeira de De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira Mattos, Alexander Teixera de Mattos, Alexander Teixeria de Mattos, Alexander Louis Teixeira de The Later Life The Books of the Small Souls, Vol. 2 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Later Life" by Louis Couperus is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the character Van der Welcke, who struggles with the mundane aspects of life as he navigates familial relationships and personal dissatisfaction. The narrative delves into themes of societal expectations, the challenges of family life, and the search for meaning in one's existence. The opening portion of the novel introduces Van der Welcke as he awakens from a whimsical dream and shares it with his son, Addie, leading to light-hearted banter between them. However, their cheerful exchange hints at underlying tensions, particularly with the imminent return of Van der Welcke's wife, Constance, who has been away in Paris. As the father and son navigate their daily routine, the audience is introduced to the dynamics of their family life and the sense of ennui that pervades Van der Welcke’s existence. His thoughts lay bare his frustrations with societal norms and his longing for excitement, sharply contrasting with the more serious undertones of his wife's absence and the complexities of their family relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37578/37578-h/images/frontcover.jpg en Netherlands -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 511533 511497 2024-09-16T03:55:37.473233 2023-09-16T10:28:40.557546 text/html text/html 526629 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/html; charset=us-ascii 250474 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 264526 2024-09-16T03:55:46.671229 application/epub+zip 273269 2024-09-16T03:55:39.620259 application/epub+zip 258749 2024-09-16T03:55:38.564398 application/epub+zip 468819 2024-09-16T03:55:51.946161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366535 2024-09-16T03:55:45.583264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361214 2022-09-17T08:28:11.081729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421724 421486 2024-09-16T03:55:35.917278 2023-09-16T10:28:38.618699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 421583 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 153144 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 421577 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 153113 2021-01-08T04:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22045 2024-09-16T03:55:52.131186 application/rdf+xml 16897 2024-09-16T03:55:38.689241 image/jpeg 2842 2024-09-16T03:55:38.626274 image/jpeg 248569 2024-09-16T03:55:37.522253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia