01844cam a22003253u 4500 35568 UtSlPG 20260610133819.0 m cr n 260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG fr iso639-1 PQ Bloy, Léon, 1846-1917 Le Désespéré Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2011 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desperate_Man_(novel) Release date is 2011-03-13 Produced by Mireille Harmelin and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "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.) Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35568 76411 76411