Aan Den Weg Der Vreugde

Aan den Weg der Vreugde

by Louis Couperus

Aan den Weg der Vreugde tells the story of a passionate holiday romance between an Italian surgeon and a Dutch widow. The two meet in Italy and quickly fall in love, but their relationship is soon tested by cultural differences, social class, and moral values. The novel explores the themes of love, loss, betrayal, and the search for happiness.

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Louis Couperus

Netherlands

Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stori...

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