Cette édition de Sonyeuse (Soirs de province, soirs de Paris) reprend l'édition intégrale de 1891qui inclut, en plus de celle qui donne son titre au recueil, les nouvelles suivantes :
Dans un boudoir La chambre close Romance d’automne ! Love’s Labours Lost L’inconnue L’Égrégore Le ménage Nauretale L’amant des poitrinaires Conte d’une nuit d’hiver Dans l’espace Oraison funèbre Guide moral Conty
Jean Lorrain, born Paul Duval, was a French poet and novelist of the Symbolist school.
Lorrain was a dedicated disciple of dandyism, and openly gay. Lorrain wrote a number of collections of verse, including La forêt bleue (1883) and L'ombre ardente, (1897). He is also remembered for his decadent novels and short stories, such as Monsieur de Phocas (1901) and Histoires des masques (1900), as well as for one of his best novels, Sonyeuse, which he links to portraits exhibited by Antonio de La Gandara in 1893.