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The Inevitable

Louis Couperus

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .And the browns and greys were so richly and nobly gilded by splashes of sunlight, the ruins were so exquisitely beautiful in decay, so melancholy in their unwitting fortuitousness of broken lines, of shattered arches and mutilated sculpture, that it was as though he himself, after his airy vision of radiant dream-architecture, had tortured and mutilated them with an artist’s hand and caused them to burst asunder and shake and tremble, for the sake of their wistful aftermath of beauty. Then his eyes grew moist, his heart became more full than he could bear and he went away, through the Arch of Titus by the Colosseum, through the Arch of Constantine, on and on, and hurried past the Lateran to the Via Appia and the Campagna, where his smarting eyes drank in the blue of the distant Alban Hills, as though that would cure them of their excessive gazing and dreaming.... [41]

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4.00
- MiekeWin - Jul 04, 2023

Mooi voorgelezen! Couperus blijft een van mijn favoriete schrijvers. Heel fijn.

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- Anton - Dec 24, 2022

Na het lezen van 'De stille kracht', 'Extaze' en 'Van oude mensen...' raadde ik aan Couperus te lezen. Zijn 'Langs lijnen van geleidelijkheid' was voor mij echter een al te frustrerende leeservaring.
Tot halverwege het boek krijg je een mooi beeld van het leven van expats in Rome, en vooral een inte

3.00
- Guus - Nov 07, 2019

Dit deed me op een bepaalde manier erg denken aan Grand Hotel Europa. Niet alleen door de Italiaanse hotel-setting, maar ook de manier waarop Couperus de culturele teloorgang van Zuid-Europa beschrijft vindt 120 jaar later duidelijk zijn echo’s in Pfeijffers roman. De tempels en kastelen die eeuwenl

4.00
- Hidde - Mar 26, 2018

Het boek was echt prachtig! Ik genoten van heb het grootste deel van het boek. Echter, het deel waarin Cornelis besluit weer terug te komen bij haar ex gebeurt heel onverwachts. Het past wel ergens bij de grotere lijn van het boek, maar ik vind het er toch niet geheel bij passen.

5.00
- Lianakay - Mar 27, 2020

A beautifully written book that captivated me from start to finish. The characters and events are still echoing through my thoughts long after I've finished. Definitely one to ponder and I've no doubt I'll re-read it.

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Re-read 2019 - upping my rating from 4 to 5 stars, such a wonderful b

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