# Against the Grain

Author: Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907; Howard, John [Translator]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12341

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Against+the+Grain+Huysmans&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Floressas Des Esseintes, to judge by the various portraits preserved in the Chateau de Lourps, had originally been a family of stalwart troopers and stern cavalry men. Closely arrayed, side by side, in the old frames which their broad shoulders filled, they startled one with the fixed gaze of their eyes, their fierce moustaches and the chests whose deep curves filled the enormous shells of their cuirasses.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/against-the-grain-12341/chapters/2/index.md)