TY - BOOK AU - Huysmans,J.-K. AU - Babcock,James C. TI - The Vatard sisters T2 - Studies in Romance languages SN - 9780813163475 AV - PQ2309.H4 U1 - 843/.8 23 PY - 1983/// CY - Lexington PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - French fiction KW - Translations into English KW - FICTION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Historical KW - fast KW - Translations KW - Electronic books N1 - Translation of: Les sœurs Vatard; Includes bibliographical references; Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty N2 - Les Soeurs Vatard, described by its author as a ""lewd but exact"" slice of life, was J.-K. Huysmans' second novel. Huysmans abandoned poetry and turned to the novel at a time when the works of Emile Zola were intensely controversial; Les Soeurs Vatard is dedicated to Zola by ""his fervent admirer and devoted friend.""In it, Huysmans vividly depicts the scene that for his generation of French writers stood for the contemporary world: the brutal, teeming life of the industrial quarters of Paris in the 1870s. Huysmans' Vatard sisters are ""Désirée, an urchin of fifteen, a brunette with large UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=938758 ER -