Against the Grain by J.-K. Huysmans
"Against the Grain" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1884. It follows Jean des Esseintes, the last member of a declining aristocratic family, who retreats from Parisian society to live in isolated aesthetic contemplation. The plotless narrative catalogues his eccentric experiments with art, literature, perfumes, and exotic flowers as he creates an artificial world that reflects his rejection of bourgeois life. This groundbreaking work abandoned Naturalism to become the defining
example of Decadent literature, influencing Oscar Wilde and the Symbolist movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 |
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| Translator | Howard, John |
| Uniform Title | A rebours. English |
| Title | Against the Grain |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours |
| Credits | Produced by Harrison Ainsworth |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 51.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Aesthetics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 12341 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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