The Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl) 1848-1907 creator Bell, Clara 1834-1927 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Cathedral" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1898. The third book featuring the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of Huysmans himself, it follows the protagonist after his retreat at a Trappist monastery as he moves to Chartres. There, Durtal immerses himself in the renowned Chartres Cathedral, which Huysmans describes in extraordinary detail. The novel became Huysmans' most commercially successful work during his lifetime, and tourists still use it as a guidebook to the cathedral today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_(Huysmans_novel) Release date is 2005-02-15 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Original publication data not identified Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15067 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15067 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133343.0 15067