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Against Nature (Penguin Classics)
Against Nature - Penguin Classics
Author: J. K. Huysmans, Robert Baldick (Translator)
A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where he indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140440867
ISBN-10: 0140440860
Publication Date: 5/30/1959
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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