
audiobook
Inleidend woord tot den eersten druk.
Voorwoord bij den 5den druk.
I. Gestoorde melankolie.
II. Een diner. Nòg meer pessimisme. Bij Prot.
III. Avondje.
IV. Ik redeneer onhebbelijk zwaar en drink zwarte koffie.
V. Georgine.
VI. Kabotijn-leven.
VII. Voorstelling.
VIII. Avond.
A bold, unflinching voice opens the novel, thrusting the listener into a world where conventional morals are openly challenged. The narrator’s candid confessions—filled with profanity, blasphemy and stark depictions of everyday hardship—create a raw realism that feels both shocking and strangely intimate. From the first pages, the story follows a restless protagonist whose actions stir both scandal and curiosity, inviting listeners to confront the uneasy border between societal expectations and personal desire.
As the tale unfolds, the narrator’s confrontations with family, faith and community reveal a tangled web of guilt, rebellion, and fleeting moments of tenderness. The prose, deliberately coarse, mirrors the grit of the streets it portrays, while occasional flashes of dark humor soften the severity. Listeners are drawn into a vivid portrait of a time when speaking truth meant risking ostracism, making this work a compelling study of humanity’s hidden impulses and the price of defying the status quo.
Language
nl
Duration
~14 hours (857K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Netherlands: H.J.W. Becht, 1903.
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (Prepared from scans made available by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague)
Release date
2023-07-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1864–1924
Best known for the searing play The Good Hope, this Dutch writer brought working-class lives and social injustice to the stage with unusual force and sympathy. His work helped make modern drama in the Netherlands feel urgent, political, and deeply human.
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