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Small Souls

Gelesen von Phil Benson

(4,556 Sterne; 9 Bewertungen)

Constance van der Welcke returns to the Hague and the bosom of her family after a twenty year exile caused by a marital indiscretion and divorce from the Dutch ambassador to Rome. Wanting only to be accepted into the family circle again, Constance and her husband Henri find they are the target of gossip that pulls the family apart. As the facade of the family circle begins to crack, the psychological foibles of the brothers and sisters begin to reveal themselves. Small Souls is the first of four novels that make up the quartet known as 'The Books of the Small Souls', the master work of the foremost author of modern Dutch literature, Louis Couperus. Although the 'The Books of the Small Souls' remain popular in the Netherlands, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' excellent English translation has long been out of print. (Summary by Philip Benson).

De Kleine Zielen
(11 hr 38 min)

Chapters

Translator's Note

2:50

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Chapter 1

14:03

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Chapter 2

31:04

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Chapter 3

11:31

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Chapter 4

28:19

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Chapter 5

26:39

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Chapter 6

8:56

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Chapter 7

16:02

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Chapter 8

8:25

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Chapter 9

6:23

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Chapter 10

22:52

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Chapter 11

16:46

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Chapter 12

7:55

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Chapter 13

10:01

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Chapter 14

19:17

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Chapter 15

33:18

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Chapter 16

16:53

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Chapter 17

14:20

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Chapter 18

11:34

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Chapter 19

17:27

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Chapter 20

16:35

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Chapter 21

20:42

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Chapter 22

18:36

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Chapter 23

17:39

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Chapter 24

29:28

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Chapter 25

13:15

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Chapter 26

13:09

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Chapter 27

21:35

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Chapter 28

8:27

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Chapter 29

29:17

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Chapter 30

10:00

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Chapter 31

12:34

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Chapter 32

10:10

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Chapter 33

15:55

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Chapter 34

15:55

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Chapter 35

7:50

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Chapter 36

18:18

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Chapter 37

23:23

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Chapter 38

14:17

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Chapter 39

57:09

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Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

Excellent! The Malay words don't have the right stress. The Dutch is very well pronounced.

Excellent!

(5 Sterne)

I totally enjoyed this book. The reader is superb.