Name: Against The Grain, or Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans - FULL AUDIOBOOK
Uploaded: 2023-10-03T14:00:19+00:00
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Description: With a title translated either as Against Nature or as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-de-siècle novel follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats

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With a title translated either as Against Nature or as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-de-siècle novel follows its sole character, Des Esseintes, a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where he indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes, and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences. The original handbook of decadence, Against Nature, exploded like a grenade (in the words of Huysmans) and has enjoyed a cult readership from its publication to the present day.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Chapter 1
00:22:56 - Chapter 2
00:43:17 - Chapter 3
01:05:56 - Chapter 4
01:43:33 - Chapter 5
02:11:51 - Chapter 6
02:53:47 - Chapter 7
03:27:53 - Chapter 8
04:01:34 - Chapter 9
04:26:50 - Chapter 10
05:00:54 - Chapter 11
05:41:44 - Chapter 12 (Part 1)
06:11:02 - Chapter 12 (Part 2)
06:46:20 - Chapter 13
07:18:29 - Chapter 14 (Part 1)
07:50:27 - Chapter 14 (Part 2)
08:23:25 - Chapter 15
08:52:27 - Chapter 16