The Bride of Dreams - Frederik Van Eeden - Bog

The Bride of Dreams is a novel written by Frederik Van Eeden. It is a story about a man named Johan Veen who falls in love with a woman he meets in his dreams. The woman, named Dora, is beautiful, mysterious, and seems to be the perfect match for Johan. As he continues to dream about her, Johan becomes obsessed with finding her in real life.The novel follows Johan's journey as he searches for Dora both in his dreams and in the waking world. Along the way, he meets various characters who offer him guidance and advice, including a wise old man and a group of gypsies.As Johan's obsession with Dora grows, he begins to question his own sanity and wonders if he will ever be able to find her. The novel explores themes of love, obsession, and the blurred lines between reality and fantasy.Overall, The Bride of Dreams is a captivating and thought-provoking novel that will leave readers questioning the nature of love and the power of the human mind.One afternoon we had sailed out, dressed in our oilskins, and the skipper who, submerged to the waist, had pushed us off the shore through the breakers, had warned us to be back within two hours, for at that time the ebb-tide set in and, with the fresh north breeze, the strong current would make it difficult for us to land. My father had nodded as though he were thinking of something else and had long ago penetrated and computed the caprices of the gray and formidable North Sea.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.