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Against Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.78 — 16,044 ratings — published 1884
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,032,612 ratings — published 1890
Les Fleurs du Mal (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.19 — 84,312 ratings — published 1857
Là-Bas (Down There)
by (shelved 35 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,048 ratings — published 1891
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
Salomé (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.71 — 22,140 ratings — published 1891
The Torture Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,990 ratings — published 1899
Venus in Furs (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.62 — 17,938 ratings — published 1870
Il piacere (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.49 — 8,564 ratings — published 1889
Nightmares of an Ether Drinker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.95 — 244 ratings — published 1895
Les Diaboliques (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 17 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,172 ratings — published 1874
Monsieur Vénus (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,132 ratings — published 1884
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,184,818 ratings — published 1925
Paris Spleen (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.22 — 16,263 ratings — published 1857
Bruges-La-Morte (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,442 ratings — published 1892
Monsieur de Phocas (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 197 ratings — published 1901
Death in Venice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.67 — 75,159 ratings — published 1911
The Soul-Drinker and Other Decadent Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.21 — 42 ratings — published 2016
The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.15 — 72 ratings — published 1990
French Decadent Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.96 — 219 ratings — published 2013
Maldoror and the Complete Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,041 ratings — published 1869
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.00 — 132,789 ratings — published 1945
Mademoiselle de Maupin (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,475 ratings — published 1835
Salammbo (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.73 — 7,035 ratings — published 1862
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.06 — 390,862 ratings — published 1971
Bel-Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 52,229 ratings — published 1885
The Hill of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,465 ratings — published 1907
Disagreeable Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.53 — 616 ratings — published 1894
Dreamers of Decadence (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.37 — 145 ratings — published 1969
On Wine and Hashish (Hesperus Classics)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,351 ratings — published 1851
The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.43 — 105 ratings — published 1998
The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,248 ratings — published 1890
Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.30 — 606 ratings — published 1986
The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: The Black Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.33 — 30 ratings — published 1992
The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (Phaidon Arts and Letters)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,211 ratings — published 1863
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.17 — 418,102 ratings — published 1895
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,803 ratings — published 1873
The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.03 — 66 ratings — published 1997
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.46 — 101,300 ratings — published 1959
Contes cruels (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.60 — 818 ratings — published 1883
Junky (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 74,184 ratings — published 1953
The Book of Masks: An Anthology of French Symbolist & Decadent Writing (Atlas Arkhive, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.14 — 77 ratings — published 1896
The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.11 — 88 ratings — published 2018
Nana (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.84 — 28,932 ratings — published 1880
Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.69 — 16 ratings — published 2018
Dream Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.76 — 23,949 ratings — published 1926
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,657 ratings — published 1980
The Dedalus Book of German Decadence: Voices of the Abyss (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.13 — 47 ratings — published 1994
The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 3.41 — 27 ratings — published 1994
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decadence)
avg rating 4.21 — 39,099 ratings — published 1901
“Hidden away behind the closed doors of aristocratic and bourgeois privilege, concealed under those ultra-respectable masks of black frock coat and veil, the green glow of corruption flickers into sight, steadies, and spreads everywhere, fostered by Lorrain's horrified and complicitous gaze. This decadent detective is at one with the criminal he pursues, acknowledging openly that the representation of corruption is one of the most pleasurable forms that corruption can take. In this enterprise, art is the mask that both exposes and conceals culpability.”
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“The habit is now confirmed in me of spending the greater part of the day in sleep, while by night I wander far and wide through the city under the sedative influence of a tincture which has become necessary to my life”
― Xélucha and Others
― Xélucha and Others
