Gegen den Strich by J.-K. Huysmans
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"Gegen den Strich" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1884. The narrative follows Jean des Esseintes, an eccentric aristocrat who retreats from bourgeois society into self-imposed isolation. In his countryside refuge, he cultivates an elaborate world of aesthetic experiences—collecting art, experimenting with perfumes, and surrounding himself with exotic objects. The essentially plotless novel catalogs his neurotic tastes and hyperaesthetic pursuits while recalling his decadent Parisian past. Breaking from Naturalism, it
became the defining work of Decadent literature and inspired Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Capsius, Martha |
| Uniform Title | A rebours. German |
| Title | Gegen den Strich |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegen_den_Strich |
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Produced by Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 59.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into German |
| Subject | Aesthetics -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 58941 |
| Release Date | Feb 23, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 377 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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