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Louis Couperus, widely considered one of the greatest Dutch novelists, gained prominence in 1889 with this psychological novel inspired Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Leo Tolstoy. Eline, withdrawn and subject to depression, accepts the marriage proposal of a family friend, only to break off the engagement, convinced that her sickly but charismatic cousin Vincent is in love with her. Vincent drifts in other directions. She travels, dreams, and deteriorates. Moving back to the Hague, she lives alone in a hotel, where, during a nervous crisis, she takes what may or may not be an accidental overdose. Award-winning translator Ina Rilke's new translation of this masterpiece will be a literary event. The Author's Touch Is Always Delicate And Sure In Handling The Lights And Shades Of Thought And Emotion.--the New York Times Book Review. [h]is Sympathy For The Hybrid, The Impure And The Ambiguous Gave Him A Peculiarly Modern Voice. It Is Extraordinary That This Dutch Dandy, Writing In The Flowery Language Of Fin-de-siecle Decadence, Should Still Sound So Fresh.--the New York Review Of Books. Couperus Can Fittingly Be Seen As The Dutch Answer To Oscar Wilde.--conjunctions. Couperus Binds Both Irony And Spiritual Redemption.--the Daily Telegraph. The Hidden Force Is A Tragedy Of Colonialism Essentially Comtemporary With, And Fully Comparable To, The Work Of Joseph Conrad.--chicago Tribune. Louis Couperus Was Catapulted To Prominence In 1889 With Eline Vere, A Psychological Masterpiece Inspired By Flaubert And Tolstoy. Eline Vere Is A Young Heiress: Dreamy, Impulsive, And Subject To Bleak Moods. Though Beloved Among Her Large Coterie Of Friends And Relations, There Are Whispers That She Is An Eccentric: She Has Been Known To Wander Alone In The Park As Well Indulge In Long, Lazy Philosophical Conversations With Her Vagabond Cousin. When She Accepts The Marriage Proposal Of A Family Friend, She Is Thrust Into A Life That Looks Beyond The Confines Of The Hague, And Her Overpowering, Ever-fluctuating Desires Grow Increasingly Blurred And Desperate. Only Couperus - As Much A Member Of The Elite Socialite Circle Of Fin-de-siecle The Hague As He Was A Virulent Critic Of Its Oppressive Confines - Could Have Filled This Novel Of The Hague With So Many Superbly Rendered And Vividly Imagined Characters From A Milieu Now Long Forgotten. Award-winning Translator Ina Rilke's New Translation Of This Madame Bovary Of The Netherlands Will Reintroduce To The English-speaking World The Greatest Dutch Novelist Of His Generation. --book Jacket. Louis Couperus ; Translated From The Dutch By Ina Rilke ; Afterword By Paul Binding. Louis Couperus was catapulted to prominence in 1889 with Eline Vere, a psychological masterpiece inspired by Flaubert and Tolstoy. Eline Vere is a young heiress: dreamy, impulsive, and subject to bleak moods. Though beloved among her large coterie of friends and relations, there are whispers that she is an eccentric: she has been known to wander alone in the park as well indulge in long, lazy philosophical conversations with her vagabond cousin. When she accepts the marriage proposal of a family friend, she is thrust into a life that looks beyond the confines of The Hague, and her overpowering, ever-fluctuating desires grow increasingly blurred and desperate. Only Couperus—as much a member of the elite socialite circle of fin-de-siècle The Hague as he was a virulent critic of its oppressive confines—could have filled this "Novel of The Hague" with so many superbly rendered and vividly imagined characters from a milieu now long forgotten. Award-winning translator Ina Rilke’s new translation of this Madame Bovary of The Netherlands will reintroduce to the English-speaking world the greatest Dutch novelist of his generation. Louis Couperus was catapulted to prominence in 1889 with Eline Vere, a psychological novel inspired by mile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Leo Tolstoy. Eline Vere is a young, financially comfortable heiress, who, despite being pretty and well-liked, tends to be withdrawn and subject to bleak moods. She accepts the marriage proposal of a family friend, only to later break off the engagement, convinced that her sickly but charismatic cousin Vincent is in love with her. After months of uncertainty, Vincent drifts elsewhere, leaving Eline to dream of all that she has lost in her young life. Award-wi