Bibliograph

Against nature, Joris-Karl Huysmans ; translated by Robert Baldick ; with an introduction and notes by Patrick McGuinness

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Against nature, Joris-Karl Huysmans ; translated by Robert Baldick ; with an introduction and notes by Patrick McGuinness

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxvii-xxxviii)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Against nature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52357782

Responsibility statement

Joris-Karl Huysmans ; translated by Robert Baldick ; with an introduction and notes by Patrick McGuinness

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

A neurasthenic aristocrat turns his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreats to an isolated country villa. Here he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems and perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments

Table Of Contents

Chronology -- Introduction -- Further reading -- Note on this translation -- Against nature -- Appendix I: Preface, written twenty years after the novel -- Appendix II: Reviews of and response to Against Nature -- Notes

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