Georges de Lys \'s An Idyll in Sodom , originally published in 1889, and here made available in its first English translation, by Brian Stableford, is a significant contribution to a subgenre of French Romantic fiction consisting of lush representations of " moeurs antiques " ancient mores], a spectacular landmark of which was established with Salammb by Gustave Flaubert, to whom the current novel is, in fact, dedicated..
Georges de Lys \'s An Idyll in Sodom , originally published in 1889, and here made available in its first English translation, by Brian Stableford, is a significant contribution to a subgenre of French Romantic fiction consisting of lush representations of " moeurs antiques " ancient mores], a spectacular landmark of which was established with Salammb by Gustave Flaubert, to whom the current novel is, in fact, dedicated.
