01821cam a22003373u 4500 56149 UtSlPG 20260610134308.0 m cr n 260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 A rebours Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2017 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours Release date is 2017-12-08 Produced by Clarity, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "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.) Original publication data not identified French fiction -- 19th century Aesthetics -- Fiction Leroux, Auguste, 1871-1952 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56149 96980 96980