Fiction & Literature
Against the Grain
J.-K. Huysmans's influential Decadent novel follows an eccentric aristocrat who retreats into an artificial world of refined sensory experiences, rejecting society. It explores aestheticism and the pursuit of the artificial.
Advanced (C1–C2)classic
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