Against the Grain · Character
Stéphane Mallarmé
Poet whose hermetic style is admired by Des Esseintes for its obscurity.
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Also known as Mallarmé
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Mentioned as one of the few artists whose refined sensibility Des Esseintes values, lamenting that no one else can appreciate such work.
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