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Là-bas

by Joris-Karl Huysmans, J.-Joris-Karl Huysmans & Keene Wallis (Translator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, French, German
  • Content type: Fiction
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"Là-bas" by J.-K. Huysmans is a novel published in 1891. It follows Durtal, a writer disgusted with modern life, who seeks refuge in studying the medieval child-murderer Gilles de Rais. His research leads him into the occult underworld of fin de siècle Paris, where he discovers that Satanism thrives in contemporary France. With his lover Madame Chantelouve, Durtal investigates this hidden world, culminating in a notorious Black Mass. The novel stirred immediate controversy and was banned from French railway stations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Horror and Occult”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description, “occult” in the subject metadata, and “supernatural” in the subject metadata.

    • “Horror and Occult”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “occult”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “supernatural”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    A contributing source assigned this topic during controlled cataloging, but the exact triggering term is not present in the merged metadata.

  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and project-gutenberg matched “Satanism” and “satanism”. Retained metadata contains “Satanism” in the description, “Satanism” in the subject metadata, and “Satanism” in the edition title.

    • “Satanism”· via Open Library
    • “satanism”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Satanism”· in description
    • “Satanism”· in subject
    • “Satanism”· in edition title

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Editions

Open Library reports 149 editions; 4 cataloged here.

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Down there (Là bas); a study in satanism

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La-bas

1908-01-01PlonEnglish—Public

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  • Open Library reports 149 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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openlibrary-work:OL2239400W
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