First English translation of Adolphe Retté’s Symbolism: Anecdotes and Memories (Le Symbolisme: Anecdotes et Souvenirs, 1903), a firsthand account of the French Symbolist movement by one of its participants. Retté provides intimate portraits of key figures including Mallarmé, Verlaine, and Zola, along with vivid descriptions of the literary gatherings, journals, and cafés that defined fin-de-siècle Paris.
This book can be read online at the Internet Archive.
Léon Hennique Novel 