Project Gutenberg 2011-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 284 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://book.klll.cc/files/37578/37578-h/images/frontcover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Netherlands -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 511577 2025-06-15T10:07:10.670303 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 264394 2025-06-15T10:07:20.620308 application/epub+zip 272687 2025-06-15T10:07:13.277303 application/epub+zip 258154 2025-06-15T10:07:12.014307 application/epub+zip 466269 2025-06-15T10:07:26.064273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394258 2025-06-15T10:07:19.445294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361214 2022-09-17T08:28:11.081729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 421724 2025-06-15T10:07:08.312400 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 22262 2025-06-15T10:07:26.239251 application/rdf+xml 16897 2025-06-15T10:07:12.167320 image/jpeg 2842 2025-06-15T10:07:12.095309 image/jpeg 248559 2025-06-15T10:07:10.729316 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia