Léon Hennique Novel

First English translation of Ernest Raynaud’s La Mêlée Symboliste (1890-1900), the second volume of his Portraits et Souvenirs (1918). Raynaud, a poet and active participant in the French Symbolist movement, provides firsthand accounts of the literary battles, personalities, and cultural milieu of fin-de-siècle Paris. This memoir offers intimate portraits of major figures including Verlaine, Mallarmé, and Wilde, alongside vivid descriptions of the Symbolist era’s artistic and social landscape.

This book can be read online at the Internet Archive.