Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer
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Born:
March 24, 1802, Amsterdam, Neth.
Died:
Aug. 25, 1868, Oosterbeek (aged 66)
Movement / Style:
Romanticism

Jacob van Lennep (born March 24, 1802, Amsterdam, Neth.—died Aug. 25, 1868, Oosterbeek) was a Dutch novelist, poet, and leading man of letters in the mid-19th century. Early in his career van Lennep found his natural genre, the historical novel, and his first such work, De pleegzoon (1833; The Adopted Son), was set in the 17th century. Like many of his later works it contains a strong element of adventure and a complicated plot. De lotgevallen van Ferdinand Huyck (1840; The Count of Talavera) is a tale of great charm and ingenuity told with humour and realism. Although he was ...(100 of 140 words)