Een huwelijk in Indië

A young woman named Lina is raised with frank independence and later marries, entering a life of social duties and domestic responsibilities abroad. The narrative traces her spirited upbringing, courtship and wedding, the demands of motherhood and public reception, mounting personal crises including illness and violent episodes, a desperate flight, and later reflections on paths not taken. Told in three linked parts, the work moves between intimate scenes, letters, and dramatic incidents to examine gendered expectations, moral compromise, and the tension between youthful idealism and the constraints of duty.