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Against Nature (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
by J-.K. Huysmans (Author), R. Baldick (Translator) "Over two months elapsed before Des Esseintes could immerse himself in the peaceful silence of his house at Fontenay, for purchases of all sorts still..." (more)
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Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-siècle novel anticipating many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarmé and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by a critically up-to-date introduction and indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Nicholas White is Lecturer in French at Royal Holloway College, University of London. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Over two months elapsed before Des Esseintes could immerse himself in the peaceful silence of his house at Fontenay, for purchases of all sorts still kept him perambulating the streets and ransacking the shops from one end of Paris to the other. Read the first page
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