Eline Vere

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Eline Vere is a classic Dutch naturalist novel by Louis Couperus that portrays the psychological decline of a sensitive young woman in fin-de-siècle The Hague.

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instanceOf Dutch novel
naturalist novel
novel
author Louis Couperus NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
describes psychological decline
upper-middle-class life in The Hague
firstPublicationFormat newspaper serial
firstPublisher Het Vaderland NERFINISHED
genre naturalism
psychological novel
realist novel
hasAdaptation Eline Vere (1991 film) NERFINISHED
Eline Vere (stage adaptations) NERFINISHED
hasTranslation English
French
German
several other languages
languageOfTitle Dutch
literaryMovement fin de siècle literature
naturalism
literaryStyle detailed psychological analysis
naturalistic description of milieu
mainCharacter Eline Vere NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableCharacter Betsy van Raat NERFINISHED
Frederik van Erlevoort NERFINISHED
Henk de Woude NERFINISHED
Otto van Erlevoort NERFINISHED
originalAudience Dutch reading public of the late 19th century
originalLanguage Dutch
placeOfFirstPublication The Hague NERFINISHED
protagonistTrait hypersensitivity
indecisiveness
melancholy
publicationYear 1889
settingLocation The Hague NERFINISHED
settingPeriod fin de siècle
significance classic of Dutch literature
one of Louis Couperus’s best-known works
theme family relationships
fatalism
heredity and environment
mental instability
social conventions
timePeriodDepicted late 19th century

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Louis Couperus notableWork Eline Vere