Project Gutenberg 2015-02-15 Public domain in the USA. 254 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.) Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Families -- Fiction Dutch fiction -- Translations into English Secrets -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels 547340 2025-07-19T10:58:55.073048 text/html 529058 2024-10-24T17:01:09 text/html 399279 2025-07-19T10:59:01.411490 application/epub+zip 406625 2025-07-19T10:58:55.910995 application/epub+zip 274600 2025-07-19T10:58:55.484022 application/epub+zip 560955 2025-07-19T10:59:05.525466 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540459 2025-07-19T10:59:01.016502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 409342 2022-09-21T20:44:13.001049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514010 2025-07-19T10:58:53.757009 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 494019 2024-10-24T17:01:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18675 2025-07-19T10:59:05.658439 application/rdf+xml 16152 2025-07-19T10:58:55.583006 image/jpeg 2563 2025-07-19T10:58:55.535009 image/jpeg 375298 2025-07-19T10:58:55.119014 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