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Camera Obscura is a 1839 book by Dutch pastor and author Nicolaas Beets. The book was very popular, 22 reprints during the author's life and 70 in total. Without moralizing, the manuscript humorously describes bourgeois life in 19th century Holland. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1837/00/00 | Nicolaas Beets | Author | Nicolaas Beets writes "Camera Obscura" at Breestraat 114 Leiden, he was a student of Theology at Leiden University. | Leiden | Netherlands | ||
| 1839/00/00 | Nicolaas Beets | Author | "Camera Obscura" first published | ||||
| 1839/00/00 | Erven F Bohn | Publisher | "Camera Obscura" first published | ||||
| 1851/00/00 | Nicolaas Beets | Author | Nicolaas Beets revises "Camera Obscura" by adding stories, reaching its final form in 1851. |
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| Particulars for Camera Obscura: | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Rakish | ||
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| Original Language: | Dutch | ||
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