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* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]] - Des Esseintes' basic problem. He considers himself to be alienated from a materialistic modern society by his preference for intellectual and aesthetic activities.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]] - Des Esseintes' childhood was like this, with few friends, an invalid mother and a father who largely ignored him.
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* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]: In the first chapter Des Esseintes redecorates his salon, seeking out interesting and unusual colors. He comes up with this combination:
{{quote|''After the whole was arranged and finished, all these several tints fell into accord at night and did not clash at all; the blue of the woodwork struck a stable note that was pleasing and satisfying to the eye, supported and warmed, so to say, by the surrounding shades of orange, which for their part shone out with a pure, unsullied gorgeousness, itself backed up and in a way heightened by the near presence of the blue.''}}
* [[Purple Prose]] - Huysmans really lays this on with a trowel. It's the feature of his style he tends to be most remembered for in French literature, and given that there's a lot of description of lavish furnishings, art works, antique objects and so on, he gets plenty of opportunity to use it.
* [[Raised Catholic]] - Des Esseintes was educated by Jesuits and is strongly drawn towards Catholicism as the solution to all that he despises in modern life. He surrounds himself with ecclesiastical regalia and obsesses over obscure religious writers, but is ultimately unable to bring himself to believe. In this he strongly resembles Huysmans, who eventually converted to Catholicism and spent time as a monk.
▲* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome]] - Des Esseintes' "hobbies" (the word seems inadequate) are described by Huysmans in lavish style and as if they are of epic importance, which to the central character, they are. He spends three pages choosing the colour of his walls, an entire chapter contemplating Latin literature of the post-Augustan and early medieval period and another chapter making perfume. This aspect is one of those followed by Wilde in ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]''
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