Decadence


Against Nature
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Les Fleurs du Mal
Là-Bas (Down There)
The Craziest Book Ever Written
Salomé
The Torture Garden
Venus in Furs
Il piacere
Nightmares of an Ether Drinker
Les Diaboliques
Monsieur Vénus
The Great Gatsby
Paris Spleen
Monsieur de Phocas
Descent from Heaven by Deborah BoedekerMeaning of Folklore by Alan DundesJuan Luis Martinez's Philosophical Poetics by Scott WeintraubFolk-Lore of Shakespeare by T.F. Thiselton-DyerThe Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry by John  Corbett
•-The Rope & The Cuckold-
178 books — 2 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAgainst Nature by Joris-Karl HuysmansLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Decadence & the Fin-de-Siècle
240 books — 201 voters

The Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Ultimate Gothic
47 books — 16 voters
The New Decameron by Jan PotockiThe Book of Jade by David Park BarnitzThe City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems by James  ThomsonSmarra & Trilby by Charles NodierDeath's Jest Book by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Gothicomantibolisms
131 books — 9 voters

Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontDiableries by Brian MayThe City of Dreadful Night by James  ThomsonFantazius Mallare by Ben HechtMalformed by Adam Voorhes
•The Ultra-Black Grave of Eternity
132 books — 9 voters
Maurice Rollinat by Maurice RollinatAus der Chronik des "Schwarzen Ferkels" by Adolf PaulYoung Ofeg's Ditties by Ola HanssonLes Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontRêvenance Omnibus, Vol. I by Monocle-Lash Anti-Press
Action On The Basement Shelf
100 books — 1 voter

Yvan Goll
Decline is also a form of voluptuousness, just like growth. Autumn is just as sensual as springtime. There is as much greatness in dying as in procreation.
Iwan Goll

Mae West
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!
Mae West

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