French decadent tales / translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen Romer. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. - 1 online resource (l, 231 pages). - Oxford world's classics .

This translation previously issued in print: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.

This translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-si�ecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world.

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Short stories, French--Translations into English.
French fiction--19th century.
Decadence (Literary movement)--France.


Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

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