Marthe by Huysmans Joris-Karl; King Brendan;

Marthe by Huysmans Joris-Karl; King Brendan;

Author:Huysmans, Joris-Karl; King, Brendan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 991543
Publisher: Dedalus
Published: 2012-07-26T16:00:00+00:00


Notes

*68 … Meanwhile his money galloped away. Huysmans borrowed this image from a line in a poem by Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560) called La Complaînte du désespéré

*77 … anti-venereal dispensary. The contrôle sanitaire, or health check, was a requirement for all registered prostitutes. Prostitutes who lived and worked in a brothel were checked on the premises, whereas those who worked independently were examined at the city dispensary. In Paris, the dispensaire antivénérien was in the courtyard of the prefecture of police.



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