Old People and the Things That Pass

This book was created by Louis Marie-Anne Couperus one of the major Dutch writers in 1918. The story tells of two very old people who keep a terrible secret from the time they lived in the Dutch East Indies many decades ago. Yet times change and shame and scandal can no longer be contained when their grandchildren get married.Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (1863-1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet of the late 19th and early 20th century. He is usually considered one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. He came to fame with the publication of his first novel Eline Vere (1888) a naturalist work influenced by French novelists like Emile Zola and Gustave Flaubert. His 1891 novel Noodlot (Footsteps of Fate) was much admired by Oscar Wilde and many have noted stylistic similarities between Noodlot's 1890 novel and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Couperus attained popularity with his novels Majesteit (Majesty 1893) and Wereldvrede (World Peace 1895) both set among royals in modern Europe threatened with anarchism. Also his fairy tale Psyche (1898) has often been reprinted. His other works include: De Stille Kracht (The Hidden Force 1900) Berg van Licht (The Mountain of Light 1906) De Boeken der Kleine Zielen (The Books of the Small Souls 1901-1902) and Van Oude Menschen de Dingen die Voorbij gaan... (Old People and the Things that Pass 1906).