Diaboliques: Six Tales of Decadence by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

Diaboliques: Six Tales of Decadence

Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly with Raymond N. MacKenzie (Translator)

312 pages first pub 1874 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark reflective slow-paced
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With its six trenchant tales of perverse love, Diaboliques proved so scandalous on its original appearance in 1874 that it was declared a danger to public morality and seized on the grounds of blasphemy and obscenity. More shocking in our day is h...

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