Le Bloy, Léon 1846-1917 creator text utu 2011 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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) Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- 19th century PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35568 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35568 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133819.0 35568