Louis Couperus: 47 books

Psyche is a modern, adult fairy tale, drenched in powerful imagery, and one of the most fascinating works to come from the pen of Louis Couperus, the Dutch Oscar Wilde and among the greatest writers ever to be born in The Netherlands.

Published at the dawn of a new century as women's roles were rapidly shifting, Dutch writer Louis Couperus' novel The Inevitable presents a remarkably frank account of one young woman's liberation and sexual emancipation in the aftermath of a bruising divorce.

In The Hidden Force, Dutch writer Louis Couperus presents a prescient critique of European colonialism that was decades ahead of its time. The novel follows Dutch expat Van Oudyck in his life in Java, as he comes to grips with the damage wrought by Western incursions into foreign cultures, not only on a grand scale, but also within his own family.

Een groot geheim verbindt de families Takma en Steyn de Weert. Langgeleden, toen zij nog in Indië woonden, is er een mysterieuze moord gepleegd, waar niemand over wil praten. Met zijn dagelijkse bezoeken aan de moeder van Ottilie bezegelt de stokoude heer Takma hun stilzwijgen. Ze hopen hun geheim...

Extaze. Een boek van geluk is een roman van Louis Couperus die voor het eerst in 1892 verscheen, de eerste boekuitgave bij wat zijn vaste uitgever zou worden.

The final volume of Dutch writer Louis Couperus' sweeping, multi-generational Small Souls series, Dr. Adriaan brings the epic to a satisfying conclusion, with the sole survivors of the wealthy Van Lowe family picking up the pieces and finding their place in the brave new world that began to emerge as the nineteenth century drew to a close.

This gripping novel from prominent Dutch writer Louis Couperus caused quite a stir when it was published, provoking strong, divided reactions from critics around the world. Footsteps of Fate revolves around a strange love triangle that ends in unspeakable tragedy.

Immerse yourself in the lush language and enchanting fantasy world of Dutch writer Louis Couperus' Psyche, a twentieth-century reimagining of the ancient fable of Psyche, Eros and Cupid. It's a gorgeously rendered tale that is a must-read for fans of mythology.

In the novel The Tour, Dutch writer Louis Couperus takes a sharp detour from his usual subject matter of psychological dramas set in early twentieth-century Europe to explore a story of lost love amongst the dusty byways and lavish compounds of the upper class in ancient Egypt.

Small Souls is the first novel in the tetralogy The Books of the Small Souls from famed Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The series follows the gradual disintegration of the once-powerful Van Lowe clan. In the scene-setting first novel, daughter Constance van der Welcke returns to the family after eloping against their wishes and tries to re-establish her place in the pecking order.

This engrossing novel is part of renowned Dutch writer Louis Couperus' four-book series The Books of the Small Souls, which follows multiple generations of the Van Lowe family. Skillfully weaving influences ranging from Wagner to Tolstoy, The Twilight of the Souls documents brother Gerrit's descent into madness.

This compelling love story from Dutch novelist, playwright, and poet Louis Couperus uses a fraught, non-traditional romance between lonely widow Cecile van Erven and dashing Taco Quaerts as a means of examining important philosophical questions about the nature of love, happiness, and suffering.

This is one of Couperus's most powerful novels. A brilliant observer of fin-de-siècle Dutch society, his works are characterised by perfect characterisation, exquisite description and a mordant wit, which brought comparisons to Oscar Wilde.

Set in Java at the height of Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies, Couperus’s evocative and sensual narrative depicts the clash between Western rationalism, represented by the district commissioner Otto van Oudijck, and ancient indigenous mystical traditions upheld by the local native prince,...