Van de koele meren des doods
Cover of the Dutch 1900 edition | |
| Author | Frederik van Eeden |
|---|---|
| Language | Dutch |
| Subject | Woman |
| Genre | Naturalism, psychological novel |
Publication date | 1900 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 90-214-9554-6 |
| OCLC | 63446706 |
| 839.3 | |
| LC Class | PT5831 .V3 1900 |
Van de koele meren des doods (translated in English as The Deeps of Deliverance or Hedwig's Journey, literally Of the cold lakes of death) is a Dutch novel by Frederik van Eeden, first published in 1900. It is one of the canonical Dutch novels, and is praised for its representation of the female protagonist; the novel established van Eeden as a "master of the psychological novel." A 1982 movie was based on the novel.