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Joris-Karl Huysmans

Born

in Paris, France

February 05, 1848

Died

May 12, 1907

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Classics, Naturalism

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Charles Marie Georges Huysmans was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. AKA: J.-K. Huysmans.

He is most famous for the novel À rebours (Against Nature). His style is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, wide-ranging vocabulary, wealth of detailed and sensuous description, and biting, satirical wit.

The novels are also noteworthy for their encyclopedic documentation, ranging from the catalogue of decadent Latin authors in À rebours to the discussion of the symbiology of Christian architecture in La cathédrale. Huysmans' work expresses a disgust with modern life and a deep pessimism, which led the author first to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer then to the teachings of the Catholic Chu ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 20,926 ratings · 1,844 reviews · 291 distinct works • Similar authors

	Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Patrick McGuiness (Editor), Robert Baldick (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 13,809 ratings — published 1884 — 797 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Là-Bas 3.96 avg rating — 4,235 ratings — published 1891 — 276 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En Route 3.97 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1895 — 168 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Downstream by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Robert Baldick (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 1882 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becalmed by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Terry Hale (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1887 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cathedral 3.59 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1898 — 204 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With the Flow by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Andrew Brown (Translator), Simon Callow (Foreword by) 3.91 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marthe: The Story of a Whore by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Brendan King (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1876 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dilemma 3.76 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1887 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parisian Sketches by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Brendan King (Goodreads Author) (Translator, Introduction & Notes) 3.84 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1880 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Immersed in solitude, he would dream or read far into the night. By protracted contemplation of the same thoughts, his mind grew sharp, his vague, undeveloped ideas took on form.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

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“His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It became perfectly clear to him that he could entertain no hope of finding in someone else the same aspirations and antipathies; no hope of linking up with a mind which, like his own, took pleasure in a life of studious decrepitude; no hope of associating an intelligence as sharp and wayward as his own with any author or scholar.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

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“Already, he was dreaming of a refined solitude, a comfortable desert, a motionless ark in which to seek refuge from the unending deluge of human stupidity.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

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December 2022 Old School Classics Poll

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1816, 84 pp

71 votes, 37.0%

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato, -400, 58 pp

48 votes, 25.0%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, 1220, 224 pp

23 votes, 12.0%

The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1864, 464 pp

20 votes, 10.4%

Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, 1884, 242 pp

11 votes, 5.7%

McTeague by Frank Norris, 1899, 368 pp

10 votes, 5.2%

Michael Kohlhaas: Newly translated by Michael Hofmann by Heinrich von Kleist, 1810, 112 pp

9 votes, 4.7%

192 total votes

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