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"And me, what have I done? I had the age of their illusions and their
desires made me young. Beautiful in their amour, I smiled at their dream
and my smile protected them against death by smiling at them. Today, the
number of years forgotten in my presence and the weight of their regret
is overwhelming me, their awakening has aged me by a thousand years, and
now I am condemned to live for a thousand years, hideous and sad, the
life that each of them might have lived down here."-Jean Lorrain,
"Oriane Vanquished"
Gathered together in the present volume, edited and translated from the
French by Brian Stableford, are seventeen tales of femmes fatales, many
of which have never appeared in English before. From the pioneering "The
Amorous Revenant" by Théophile Gautier, to Jules
Lermina's horrific "The Titaness," this significant sampling
of those seductively attractive females who lead men into problematic
positions will be sure to appeal to connoisseurs of dark fairy tales,
fin-de-siècle decadence, and those who simply revel in the frissons
offered by this irresistible antiquarian subgenre.
Contents:
Introduction
The Fay Lubantine: Catherine Durand
The Seminarist: S. Henry Berthoud
The Amorous Revenant: Théophile Gautier
The Willis: Alphonse Karr
An Old Story: Charles Barbara
The Titaness: Jules Lermina
The Widowhood of Scheherazade: Henri de Régnier
The Mirror: Jean Richepin
The Idol: Frédéric Boutet
Ennoia: André Lebey
Wedding Night: Catulle Mendès
The Blue Woman: G. Albert Aurier
Oriane Vanquished: Jean Lorrain
Lisbeth: Gaston Danville
The Saurienne: Renée Vivien
The King of Persia: Maurice Magre
The Rendezvous: Maurice Renard
Cover by Maurice Lourdey
Published by Snuggly Books in July 2022
ISBN: 978-1-64525-100-2
