Camus' teen goth Saint-Just...

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Another query - does anyone know the source, if any, for Albert Camus' description of Saint-Just (presumably while a law student) living in a room with black walls with teardrop patterns and the shutters closed? This sounds too teen-angsty to be true, but would be wonderful if it was (reminds me of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, when in a fit of depression he paints his bedroom black but Noddy's bells keep showing through!). Camus mentions it in the Saint-Just chapter of 'The Rebel'.

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[citoyenneclark.livejournal.com]

I think this is another case of historians on crack. Its truly scary what people can come up with.

Did they even have skull wallpaper then? Or wallpaper with tears on it? Or did Saint-Just hand paint the tears and skulls himself? :)