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Joris-Karl Huysmans is most well-known for this book AGAINST CHARACTER and he expected it'd be considered a disappointment with the general public and experts: "but I do not provide a darn! It'll be something nobody has ever done before, and I'll have explained what I wish to say." The book created a storm of publicity; it appealed to the young generation, however several older experts were scandalised. The artist Whistler named it a "wonderful" guide. Bedroom guide and Oscar Wilde considered it as his "Bible." It had been to him "among the greatest I've ever witnessed." Whilst the manual of Decadence it had been examined everywhere.