{"product_id":"the-ungrateful-beggar-lzson-bloy-9781955392747","title":"The Ungrateful Beggar: The Author's Journal: 1892-1895","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ungrateful Beggar\u003c\/em\u003e (The Authorʼs Journal, 1892-1895), published in 1898, is the first in the Ungrateful Beggar series (or \"The Journal\") by Léon Bloy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited for publication by the author, it is a day-by-day account of interactions with friends, artists, wife, children, publishers, landlords, and such events as his hiring on with (and getting sacked from) the \u003cem\u003eGil Blas\u003c\/em\u003e, his writing for the \u003cem\u003eMercure de France\u003c\/em\u003e, the death of his two boys...; it includes his innermost thoughts, fears, torments, joys, - always in the context of a miserable poverty, and a never-dying Catholic faith, where \"all that happens in life is adorable.\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtists interacted with in this period include Henry de Groux, Émile Zola, François Coppée, Remy de Gourmont, Laurent Tailhade, Auguste Rodin, Paul Bourget, Charles Buet, Georges dʼEsparbès. Works that the author wrote and published during this period include: \u003cem\u003eSalvation Through the Jews, Sueur de Sang \u003c\/em\u003e[Sweating Blood]\u003cem\u003e, Histoires désobligeantes \u003c\/em\u003e[Disagreeable Tales]\u003cem\u003e, Léon Bloy devant les cochons \u003c\/em\u003e[Léon Bloy Before the Swine], \u003cem\u003eIci on assassine les grands hommes \u003c\/em\u003e[Great Men Are Slain Here]\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Léon Bloy,Richard Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955392749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955392747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunny Lou Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.17d","brand":"Léon Bloy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305447899391,"sku":"9781955392747","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e307bcdb-158d-496e-852c-e285253dd0fb.jpg?v=1758830910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ungrateful-beggar-lzson-bloy-9781955392747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}