Subject: France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction (Keywords)

In late 19th-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character.

This translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siècle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world.

The three short novels that make up this book are concerned in part with the activities of a rich, powerful, sinister and unscrupulous secret society in nineteenth-century France.

Paris, 1869. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently transform Paris into a modern city. In the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century. This edition contains notes, addenda and synopses.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century. This edition contains notes, addenda and synopses.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century.

'In search of lost time' is Proust's masterpiece and was described by Somerset Maugham as the greatest novel of the 20th century.