The Ungrateful Beggar

<p><em>The Ungrateful Beggar</em> (The Author?s Journal 1892-1895) published in 1898 is the first in the Ungrateful Beggar series (or The Journal) by Léon Bloy.</p><p></p><p>Edited 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 <em>Gil Blas</em> his writing for the <em>Mercure de France</em> 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.<em></em></p><p></p><p>Artists 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 d?Esparbès. Works that the author wrote and published during this period include: <em>Salvation Through the Jews Sueur de Sang </em>[Sweating Blood]<em> Histoires désobligeantes </em>[Disagreeable Tales]<em> Léon Bloy devant les cochons </em>[Léon Bloy Before the Swine] <em>Ici on assassine les grands hommes </em>[Great Men Are Slain Here]<em>.</em></p>