The Couperus, Louis 1863-1923 creator Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander 1865-1921 text utu 2013 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Inevitable" by Louis Couperus is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds in a boarding house in Rome, focusing on the life of Cornélie de Retz van Loo, a young Dutch woman recovering from a recent divorce. As she navigates her new reality, the novel explores themes like loneliness, societal expectations, and the search for identity in a foreign city. The opening of the novel introduces the Marchesa Belloni's boarding house, where Cornélie arrives, filled with a mix of excitement and an undercurrent of foreboding. She is greeted by various characters, including the friendly porter and the boisterous marchesa, each representing different facets of life in the pension. While Cornélie attempts to settle into her new environment, she grapples with feelings of displacement and anticipates the arrival of new experiences. The foundation is laid for her introspective journey as she begins to confront not just the loneliness of travel but also the complexities of her past and the uncertain future that lies ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inevitable_(novel) Release date is 2013-06-21 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Italy -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Divorced women -- Fiction PT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43005 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43005 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134002.0 43005