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SECOND EDITION OF SYMBOLIST STORIES FROM THE FIN DE SIECLE. The stories in The Angels of Perversity are key examples of early Symbolist prose shaped and inspired by the French Decadent consciousness and must rank among the best short stories of the 1890s.The tone of the stories is unique, with an unusual mixture of decadence and eroticism, balanced by an ironic and sentimental view of the world. 1. Studies in Fascination Pehor The White Dress Don Juan's Secret The Fugitives Limpid Eyes The Shroud On the Threshold The Red Marguerite Sylvie's Sister The Other The Death One Cannot Mourn The Magnolia The Adulterous Candle The Dress The Faun Danaette Evening Conversation Strategems 2. The Phantom The Portal The Palace of Symbols Duplicity Incense The Organ Images Tears The Unicorns The Figures Laughter Flagellation The Rings

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The stories themselves are tremulous, incense-ridden affairs in which enervated decadents slake their lust. Mike Petty in The Literary Review

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Remy de Gourmont (1858-1915) came from an aristocratic Normandy family which had fallen on hard times. He abandoned his law studies & obtained a badly paid job at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris in 1884 which he lost in 1891 for writing an article Le Joujou-Patriotisme (Patriotism, a toy) for the magazine Mercure de France & became a full-time writer. He is considered as one of the finest critics associated with the Symbolist movement. The stories collected together under the title The Angels of Perversity are case studies of sexual attraction. Francis Amery is a translator, editor and critic. He has translated several books for Dedalus, specializing in French late 19th-century fiction. His translations include Monsieur de Phocas by Jean Lorrain and The Angels of Perversity by Remy de Gourmont.

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