| Description |
l, 231 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics
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| Contents |
Don Juan's crowning love-affair / Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly -- The presentiment ; The desire to be a man ; Sentimentalism / Villiers De L'Isle-Adam -- What the shadow demands / Catulle Mendes -- A dentist terribly punished ; The last bake ; The lucky sixpence / Leon Bloy -- On a cure ; The bath ; The first emotion ; The little summer-house / Octave Mirbeau -- Constant Guignard ; Deshoulieres ; Pft! Pft! / Jean Richepin -- At the death-bed ; A walk ; The tresses ; Night / Guy De Maupassant -- The statue / Gustave Geffroy -- An unsolved crime ; The student's tale ; The man with the bracelet ; The man who loved consumptives / Jean Lorrain -- The time / Georges Rodenbach -- Danaette ; The faun ; Don Juan's secret ; On the threshold / Remy De Gourmont -- Perseus and Andromeda / Jules Laforgue -- The brothel ; The sans-gueule ; 52 and 53 Orfila ; Lucretius, poet ; Paolo Uccello, painter / Marcel Schwob -- A case without precedent / Pierre Louys. |
| Summary |
"This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world"--back cover. |
| Subject |
Short stories, French -- Translations into English.
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French fiction -- 19th century.
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Decadence (Literary movement) -- France.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Romer, Stephen, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9780199569274 |
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0199569274 |
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