Monsieur De Phocas (Decadence From Dedalus)
β Scribed by Jean Lorrain
- Book ID
- 100161816
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Year
- 2013;2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 190923219X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Cover; Title; Introduction; Contents; Monsieur de Phocas; The Legacy; The Manuscript; Oppression; The Eyes; IzΓ© Kranile; Enchantment; The Terror of the Masquerade; The Healer; Under the Spell; A Series of Etchings; The Doll Collector; The Eye of Eboli; The Thought Reader; Some Monsters; The Larvae; Towards the Sabbat; Opium; Smara; The Sphinx; Sir Thomas Welcome; Another Track; The Spectre of IZ; Cloaca Maxima; Sir Thomas's Millions; The Abyss; A Glimmer of Hope; The Refuge; Lasciate Ogni Speranza; A Consignment of Flowers; The City of Gold; The Trap; Thou Shalt Go no Further; The Lilies.;Modelled on The Portrait of Dorian Gray it is the summation of french decadence. Monsieur de Phocas ranks with A Rebours as the summation of the French Decadent Movement. It will appeal strongly to readers of Oscar Wilde and fin-de-siecle fiction.
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