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- Author: Jean Lorrain
- Publisher: Snuggly Books
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 116
- ISBN-10: 194381337X
- ISBN-13: 9781943813377
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: stories of princes and princesses; mock-fairytales that seem to pervert the innocence of their settings with a triumphant immorality, plunging the reader into an atmosphere of voluptuousness and sensuality.
"Whoever has not believed as a child," wrote the author, "will not dream as a young man; it is necessary to think, on the threshold of life, of weaving beautiful tapestries of dreams in order to decorate our abode as winter approaches; and beautiful dreams, even when faded, make the sumptuous tapestries of December."
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- Author: Jean Lorrain
- Publisher: Snuggly Books
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 116
- ISBN-10: 194381337X
- ISBN-13: 9781943813377
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 0.7 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: stories of princes and princesses; mock-fairytales that seem to pervert the innocence of their settings with a triumphant immorality, plunging the reader into an atmosphere of voluptuousness and sensuality.
"Whoever has not believed as a child," wrote the author, "will not dream as a young man; it is necessary to think, on the threshold of life, of weaving beautiful tapestries of dreams in order to decorate our abode as winter approaches; and beautiful dreams, even when faded, make the sumptuous tapestries of December."
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