the stories of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (too many names for one person really) was born in 1838 and died in 1889. He was an aristocratic who could trace his lineage back to the 11th century. His contempt for everything democratic and materialistic was profound, even heroic. He dabbled in magic, and was a Symbolist writer whose works were often tinged with the gothic as well, and with decadence. I’ve recently been reading some of his stories, and I’m totally captivated by him. A Torture of Hope is a tale of the Inquisition, a tale of cruelty and redemption. Vera is about a man whose inexorable will refuses to accept the fact of the death of his wife. Olympe and Henriette is a wickedly cynical story of sin and redemption, of a sort. I’ve adored what little I’ve read of this writer so far.
dfordoom)Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (too many names for one person really) was born in 1838 and died in 1889. He was an aristocratic who could trace his lineage back to the 11th century. His contempt for everything democratic and materialistic was profound, even heroic. He dabbled in magic, and was a Symbolist writer whose works were often tinged with the gothic as well, and with decadence. I’ve recently been reading some of his stories, and I’m totally captivated by him. A Torture of Hope is a tale of the Inquisition, a tale of cruelty and redemption. Vera is about a man whose inexorable will refuses to accept the fact of the death of his wife. Olympe and Henriette is a wickedly cynical story of sin and redemption, of a sort. I’ve adored what little I’ve read of this writer so far.
