MORE POIGNANT THAN POISONOUS: A 125TH ANNIVERSARY MARKED   One wit called it 'the first French novel in English', with its seductive evocation of exotic decadence and corrupting wickedness. Critics in the 1890's sputtered "poisonous…heavy with the mephitic odours of … Continue reading →
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:52PM on January 20, 2016