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The novel centers on a quietly reflective woman whose domestic routines and social contacts become the setting for close psychological observation. Through episodic scenes—arranged in four complementary sections—it follows intimate moments of longing, daydream, and subdued passion as relationships with relatives and acquaintances reveal shifting moods of contentment and unease. Couperus examines the fragile nature of happiness, the lure of aesthetic sensation, and the tension between social duty and inner longing, using delicate sensory detail and interior monologue to map small psychological changes across years. The result is a subtle study of temperament, memory, and the ways ordinary life yields fleeting ecstasies and slow disenchantments.

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This book is a translation of Extaze: een boek van geluk, first published in 1892 and also available in Project Gutenberg. Note that the division in chapters and sections of this translation deviates from the Dutch original.

Scans of this work are available in the Internet Archive (copy 1, 2, 3).

Related Library of Congress catalog page: 19015679.

Related Open Library catalog page (for source): OL7219926M.

Related Open Library catalog page (for work): OL1456875W.

Related WorldCat catalog page: 1845503.

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The second chapter XI has been renumbered to chapter XII, and all following chapter numbers have been adjusted accordingly.

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