The Hidden Force
| Author | Louis Couperus |
|---|---|
| Original title | De Stille Kracht |
| Translator | Alexander Teixeira de Mattos |
| Language | Dutch |
| Publisher | L.J. Veen |
Publication date | 1900 |
| Publication place | Netherlands |
Published in English | 1922 |
| Pages | 246 |
The Hidden Force (Dutch: De Stille Kracht) is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The narrative is set on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies. The book was adapted into a 1974 Dutch TV serial. In 2010, a feature-film adaptation was announced as under development with Paul Verhoeven as director.
In 1985 E.M. Beekman published a revised edition of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation dd 1921; a new translation by Paul Vincent came in 2012.