Project Gutenberg 2015-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 138 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 Van oude mensen, de dingen, die voorbijgaan. English Old People and the Things That Pass E-text prepared by Clare Graham, Annemie Arnst, and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Old People and the Things That Pass" by Louis Couperus is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores the emotional landscape of aging, focusing on the complex relationships within an elderly family as they navigate love, loss, and the passage of time. Central characters include Ottilie, a woman grappling with the realities of her old age, her son Lot, who is preparing to marry Elly, and Steyn, Ottilie's second husband, highlighting themes of jealousy, loneliness, and the struggle to connect with loved ones. The opening of the novel introduces us to Ottilie as she interacts with her son Lot over coffee and prepares for his impending marriage to Elly. There is a palpable tension in Ottilie's emotions; she feels a mix of jealousy and sadness at the prospect of losing Lot. As they converse, Ottilie's reflections reveal her insecurities about aging and the changes in her family dynamics, particularly her complicated relationship with her husband Steyn. Lot, while affectionate, expresses his conflicting feelings about marriage, pondering why he proposed to Elly. The scene sets the stage for deeper explorations into the nuances of family bonds and the inevitability of aging as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Families -- Fiction Dutch fiction -- Translations into English Secrets -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 547390 547172 2024-09-20T08:04:31.121251 2023-09-21T04:56:46.806203 text/html text/html 549610 2015-02-15T17:21:41 text/html 373578 2015-02-15T17:25:15 text/html application/zip 399501 2024-09-20T08:04:38.162286 application/epub+zip 406799 2024-09-20T08:04:32.055268 application/epub+zip 274769 2024-09-20T08:04:31.580172 application/epub+zip 561493 2024-09-20T08:04:42.771119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540755 2024-09-20T08:04:37.725223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409342 2022-09-21T20:44:13.001049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514151 513988 2024-09-20T08:04:29.578198 2023-09-21T04:56:45.290215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 513936 2015-02-15T17:14:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 191174 2015-02-15T17:14:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 513943 2015-02-15T17:14:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191102 2015-02-15T17:14:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22175 2024-09-20T08:04:42.910156 application/rdf+xml 16152 2024-09-20T08:04:31.687208 image/jpeg 2563 2024-09-20T08:04:31.633176 image/jpeg 375305 2024-09-20T08:04:31.174236 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