Le Mauriac, François 1885-1970 creator text utu 2016 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Le baiser au lépreux" by François Mauriac is a novel published in 1922. Jean Péloueyre, a hideously ugly young man, marries the pretty Noémi d'Artiailh in an arranged union. He discovers that his physical presence causes her uncontrollable revulsion, and she begins to waste away. Desperate to spare her suffering, Jean makes increasingly drastic sacrifices. This tragic tale of marriage, physical repulsion, and self-destruction became Mauriac's first major success and is considered his first masterpiece. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Baiser_au_l%C3%A9preux Release date is 2016-03-05 Produced by Winston Smith. Images from the Internet Archive. Original publication data not identified France -- Fiction Marriage -- Fiction French fiction -- 20th century Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction Caregivers -- Fiction Tuberculosis -- Nursing -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51372 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51372 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134201.0 51372