The Later Life
Louis Couperus
Read by Phil Benson
Set in the stifling world of turn of the century Dutch aristocracy, the second volume of the 'Books of the Small Souls' quartet, begins where the first volume ended. Constance Van der Welcke has returned to The Hague after her twenty-year exile for a scandalous affair in Rome. Hoping for acceptance by her family and the society of her former 'set', Constance and her husband Henri are now estranged from the family and have given up all ambitions of acceptance in society. Determined to live quietly, they form new friendships - Henri with Constance's niece, Marianne, and Constance with Henri's eccentric old friend, Max Brauws - that lead each of them on a journey of self-discovery. (Summary by Phil Benson)
The original in Dutch can be found in our catalogue: Dutch Version (8 hr 5 min)
Chapters
| Translator's Note | 1:07 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter I | 7:22 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter II | 19:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter III | 7:55 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter IV | 8:45 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter V | 10:17 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter VI | 13:35 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter VII | 8:57 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter VIII | 11:37 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter IX | 14:46 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter X | 18:03 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XI | 9:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XII | 12:36 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XIII | 8:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XIV | 9:29 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XV | 9:56 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XVI | 7:02 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XVII | 13:50 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XVIII | 38:49 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XIX | 29:07 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XX | 21:44 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXI | 23:14 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXII | 25:52 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXIII | 19:24 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXIV | 9:35 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXV | 19:40 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXVI | 26:25 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXVII | 13:50 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXVIII | 18:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXIX | 16:18 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXX | 24:54 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Chapter XXXI | 6:53 | Read by Phil Benson |