# Monsieur de Phocas, Astarté: Roman

By Jean Lorrain.

"Monsieur de Phocas, Astarté: Roman" by Jean Lorrain is a novel published in 1901. The Duke de Fréneuse, a jaded aristocrat and ether addict, confides his intimate journal to a narrator. Within these pages, he reveals his obsessive quest for a mysterious "glaucous transparency"—a green light first glimpsed in ancient eyes. This pursuit leads him through precious gems, portraits, and masks, into encounters with the malevolent Claudius Ethal. A cornerstone of Decadent literature, the novel explores decay, perversion, and phantasmagoric visions in fin-de-siècle society. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: Paris (France) -- Fiction; French fiction; Drug addicts -- Fiction; Opium abuse -- Fiction

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