The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief by turning to the study of the Middle Ages and begins to research the life of the notorious 15th-century child-murderer Gilles de Rais. Through his contacts in Paris (notably Dr. Johannes, modeled after Joseph-Antoine Boullan), Durtal finds out that Satanism is not simply a thing of the past but alive in turn of the century France. He embarks on an investigation of the occult underworld with the help of his lover Madame Chantelouve. The novel culminates with a description of a black mass
The Damned (Là-bas)
Kirjailija:
Lukija:
Kieli:
englanti
Muoto:
Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
Umberto Eco
audiobookDemian, The Story Of Emil Sinclair's Youth :
Hermann Hesse
audiobookThe Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
E. M. BERENS
audiobookbookMetamorphosis (The Golden Ass)
Lucius Apuleius
audiobookThe Prague Cemetery
Umberto Eco
audiobookBy Nightfall
Michael Cunningham
audiobookThe Magus
John Fowles
audiobookThe Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis
audiobookRiivaus
A.S. Byatt
audiobookTuuliajolla Berliinissä
Erich Kästner
audiobookbookParadise Lost
John Milton
audiobookbookThe Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
audiobookbook
10 Classic Gothic Works You Should listen
H.P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Horace Walpole, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Gaston Leroux
audiobookLà-bas
Joris-Karl Huysmans
audiobookbookEn route
Joris-Karl Huysmans
audiobookbookDelphi Collected Works of Joris-Karl Huysmans Illustrated
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookAgainst the Grain, or Against Nature
Joris-Karl Huysmans
audiobookÀ rebours
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookA Rebours
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookCroquis parisiens
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookMarthe, histoire d'une fille
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookEn rade
Joris-Karl Huysmans
bookEn ménage
Joris-Karl Huysmans
book