Huysmans's next book after Á rebours was the novella Un dilemme, which tells "the story of a poor working-class woman who gives birth out of wedlock. When her bourgeois lover, the father of the baby, dies, his heartless family members refuse to help, leaving the mother and her child destitute."Antosh, Ruth (2024). J.-K. Huysmans, p. 50. Huysmans next novel, En rade, an unromantic account of a summer spent in the country, did not sell as well as its predecessor. "The novel's originality lies in its abrupt juxtaposition of real life and dreams."Antosh, Ruth (2024). J.-K. Huysmans, p. 56.
Huysmans's next book after Á rebours was the novella Un dilemme, which tells "the story of a po!or working-class woman who gives birth out of wedlock. When her bourgeois lover, the father of the baby, dies, his heartless family members refu?se to help, leaving the mother and her child destitute."Antosh, Ruth (2024). J.-K. Huysmans, p. 50. Huysmans next novel, En rade, an unromantic account of a summer spent in the country, did not sell as well as its predecessor. "The novel's originality !lies in its abrupt juxta,position of real life and dreams."Antosh, Ruth (2024). J.-K. Huysmans, p. 56.