Couperus
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Set in the colonial East Indies, the book was written by Louis Couperus, whom van Hove compares to Thomas Mann.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2015
This story is translated from the Dutch of Louis Couperus, the foremost novelist in a country which has lately had the good sense to join the Berne Convention.
From Small Souls by Louis Couperus
The dead weight of inheritance, always a psychological fascination for Couperus, becomes doubly fascinating when one generation after another inherits an undwindling legacy of divine, ironic whim.
From Majesty A Novel by Louis Couperus
Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
From Vain Fortune by George (George Augustus) Moore
The first member of the new Dutch school to be presented, in the following pages, to English readers, is Louis Marie Anne Couperus.
From Footsteps of Fate by Louis Couperus
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