The Cathedral by J.-K. Huysmans
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"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.)
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| Author | Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Clara, 1834-1927 |
| Title | The Cathedral |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_(Huysmans_novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Cori Samuel and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15067 |
| Release Date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 751 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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