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The volume assembles intimate letters in which Léon Bloy writes to his fiancée with intense spiritual fervor, blending devotional meditation, personal confession of poverty and suffering, and reflections on faith, literature, and friendship. An introductory testimony and a dedication provide a framing voice that evokes the correspondence's religious purpose and familial ties. The letters alternate tender affection and gratitude with sharp critique of social and ecclesiastical failings, offering theological argumentation, autobiographical detail, and literary observation. Together they create a compact portrait of a writer whose love, penitence, and vocation are presented as inseparable elements of his inner life.

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Title: Lettres à sa fiancée

Author: Léon Bloy

Contributor: Jeanne Léon Bloy

Release date: July 20, 2024 [eBook #74081]

Language: French

Original publication: Paris: Delamain, Boutelleau & Cie, 1922

Credits: Laurent Vogel (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTRES À SA FIANCÉE ***

LÉON BLOY

LETTRES A SA FIANCÉE

Mon Dieu ! faites que je ne détruise pas ce que vous opérez de grand dans mon âme.

Sainte Thérèse.

1922
ÉDITION ORIGINALE

LIBRAIRIE STOCK
Delamain, Boutelleau & Cie, Éditeurs, PARIS
7, RUE DU VIEUX-COLOMBIER ET PLACE DU THÉATRE-FRANÇAIS

LÉON BLOY

LA PRÉSENTE ÉDITION ORIGINALE A ÉTÉ TIRÉE A 1.000 EXEMPLAIRES NUMÉROTÉS DE 1 A 1.000 SUR VÉLIN PUR FIL LAFUMA. IL A ÉTÉ TIRÉ EN OUTRE 10 EXEMPLAIRES SUR JAPON IMPÉRIAL NUMÉROTÉS DE I A X, 50 EXEMPLAIRES SUR HOLLANDE VAN GELDER NUMÉROTÉS DE XI A LX ET 20 EXEMPLAIRES DE PRESSE SUR PAPIER ORDINAIRE.

EXEMPLAIRE No

TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS POUR TOUS PAYS.
COPYRIGHT
1922, BY
DÉLAMAIN, BOUTELLEAU & C
ie. — PARIS.