 "Burgomaster Hoeck and His Wife", 1999) portrays a tragic marriage dominated by the husband's jealousy and dislike of his wife's joy in life.A central theme in most of these tales is the difficulties of handling the new tolerance, open-mindedness and democratisation which are introduced by both the transition of society and by literature.Another theme is the conflict between the introverted and closed male nature and the vitality of the woman.