A rebours by J.-K. Huysmans
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"A rebours" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1884. It follows Jean des Esseintes, the last member of a decaying aristocratic family, who withdraws from Parisian society to pursue a life of pure aesthetic contemplation in isolation. The narrative chronicles his eccentric experiments with art, literature, perfumes, and exotic collections as he attempts to create an artificial paradise. This groundbreaking work broke from Naturalism to become the defining example of
Decadent literature, profoundly influencing writers like Oscar Wilde. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Leroux, Auguste, 1871-1952 |
| Title | A rebours |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours |
| Credits |
Produced by Clarity, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 44.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Subject | Aesthetics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 56149 |
| Release Date | Dec 8, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 973 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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