The novels "Vice Versa" by Joris-Charles Huysmans and "Girls" by Henri de Monterlan open readers to two recognized French writers. Poetics "On the contrary," a novel where there is only one character and there is no intrigue, immerses in the atmosphere of luxury and beauty. In "Girls," the classic outline of the novel in letters is organically supplemented by the author's reasoning on the eternal theme - the relationship between a man and a woman.