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DIABOLIQUES
SIX TALES OF DECADENCE |
| By: |
Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly, Raymond N. MacKenzie (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0816696896 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816696895 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2015 |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Synopsis: |
With its six trenchant tales of perverse love,this masterpiece of French decadent fiction returns Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly'ssignature collection to its rightful place in the ranks of literary fiction.The stories of Diaboliques combine horror, comedy, and irony to explorethe foibles of men and women whose aristocratic world offers neither comfortnor protection from romantic failure or sexual outrage. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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