title: Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker
author: Jean Lorrain
description: Jean Lorrain (1855-1906) was the pseudonym of Paul Alexandre Martin Duval. He was one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement and the author of numerous novels, volumes of poetry and short stories. At one point he was probably the highest paid journalist in France. Though mostly remembered today for his famous duel with Marcel Proust, he might be seen as the true chronicler of the fin-de-sicle.
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  NIGHTMARES
  
  
  OF AN ETHER-DRINKER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JEAN LORRAIN (1855-1906) was the pseudonym of Paul Alexandre Martin Duval. He
  was one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement and the author of
  numerous novels, volumes of poetry and short stories. At one point he was
  probably the highest paid journalist in France. Though mostly remembered today
  for his famous duel with Marcel Proust, he might be seen as the true
  chronicler of the _fin-de-siècle_.
  
  
  
  
  
  BRIAN STABLEFORD has been publishing fiction and non-fiction for fifty years.
  His fiction includes a series of “tales of the biotech revolution” and a
  series of metaphysical fantasies featuring Edgar Poe’s Auguste Dupin. He is
  presently researching a history of French _roman scientifique_ from 1700-1939
  for Black Coat Press, translating much of the relevant material into English
  for the first time, and also translates material from the Decadent and
  Symbolist Movements.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JEAN LORRAIN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  