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Here, presented in English in a long-belated translation by Brian Stableford, is Isis, the first novel of the acclaimed author of Contes cruels, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Deserving to be reckoned as one of the foundation-stones of Decadent prose fiction, redolent with echoes... Read Full Overview

Tout semble annoncer que le si cle actuel est appel voir les luttes les plus ardentes et les plus d cisives qui se soient jamais livr es sur les plus grands int r ts dont l'homme ait droit de se pr occuper ici-bas. Dom Gu ranger.

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Isis is a novel written by Auguste Villiers De Lisle-Adam in 1862. The book tells the story of a young man named Vellini who falls in love with a beautiful woman named Isis. However, Isis is not what she seems, and Vellini soon discovers that she is actually a goddess who has... Read Full Overview

Isis is a novel written by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and published in 1862. The story takes place in ancient Egypt and follows the life of the protagonist, Horus, who is the son of the Pharaoh. Horus falls in love with the beautiful Isis, a priestess of the goddess of the... Read Full Overview

Isis is a novel written by Auguste Villiers de Lisle-Adam and published in 1862. The book tells the story of a man named Lord Evandale who is visited by a mysterious woman named Isis. She claims to be a goddess and offers to grant Evandale any wish he desires. Evandale asks for... Read Full Overview

"Isis" par Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam etait un ecrivain francais (1838-1889).

Philippe-Auguste VILLIERS DE L ISLE-ADAM (1838-1889). Auteur dramatique, romancier et esth te fran ais. Son oeuvre la plus connue est le drame visionnaire Ax l (1890), un r cit wagn rien d amour et de mort qui se d roule dans un ch teau allemand isol qui cache des myst res rosicruciens... Read Full Overview

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"Isis" d'Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam est un roman philosophique qui plonge le lecteur dans les intrigues et les subtilit s de la haute soci t italienne du XIXe si cle. Le r cit s'ouvre sur une soir e au palais Pitti Florence, o le jeune comte Karl-Wilhelm-Ethelbert de... Read Full Overview