Beardsley’s unfinished romance follows the Abbé Fanfreluche into the hill of Venus, where a court of fantastic creatures with names like Pulex, Cyril and Marisca sits down to banquets of strange wines and stranger conversation. The volume adds his ballads ‘The Three Musicians’ and ‘The Ballad of a Barber’ and other literary fragments.
The rare writings of the illustrator of the Yellow Book, ornate and mischievous; adult in theme. Download the free EPUB.