"Le Crépuscule des Dieux" by Élémir Bourges is a novel published in 1884. Inspired by the character and fate of Charles II of Brunswick, it follows Charles d'Este, a deposed sovereign of Blankenbourg living in Parisian exile with his five children. The story chronicles his life of luxury and debauchery in the French capital. The novel became notable within the décadence literary movement, with Jean Cocteau praising it as a work "fallen from heaven." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
