Le Désespéré by Léon Bloy
"Le Désespéré" by Léon Bloy is a novel published in 1887. It follows Caïn Marchenoir, a brilliant but impoverished Catholic writer in Paris, as he wrestles with intense spiritual devotion against forbidden desire for a former prostitute turned aspiring saint. Meanwhile, his desperate need for income clashes with his volcanic rage at the corrupt literary establishment. Beginning with his father's death and ending with his own, this semi-autobiographical tragedy chronicles the extreme
ups and downs of a talented but tormented man navigating incompatible forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bloy, Léon, 1846-1917 |
|---|---|
| Title | Le Désespéré |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desperate_Man_(novel) |
| Credits | Produced by Mireille Harmelin and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 35568 |
| Release Date | Mar 13, 2011 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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