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“One will recognize in [Bloy] an honest, affectionate, solitary man, of a ponderous mind and full of bravery, as neither the injustices nor the poverty that he faced had prevented... from achieving the most original, eloquent, & powerful work of our era..." -- René Martineau (Dec 20 1866-Mar 8 1948)
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“One will recognize in [Bloy] an honest, affectionate, solitary man, of a ponderous mind and full of bravery, as neither the injustices nor the poverty that he faced had prevented... from achieving the most original, eloquent, & powerful work of our era..." -- René Martineau (Dec 20 1866-Mar 8 1948)
Freemasons, Protestants, Jews, & Catholics have indeed been able to bury Catholicism – & under what matter! – but they have not been able to kill it entirely. Indestructible French generosity will not allow it. “God has need of France,” said de Maistre, who was not a Frenchman...
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Freemasons, Protestants, Jews, & Catholics have indeed been able to bury Catholicism – & under what matter! – but they have not been able to kill it entirely. Indestructible French generosity will not allow it. “God has need of France,” said de Maistre, who was not a Frenchman...
"One can defend against an enemy that invades the country, with arms in hand; but how to resist a silent invasion of ideas that insinuate themselves into your mind and take hold of your soul?"
-- Doctrines of Hatred, Part II: Anti-Protestantism (1902) by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
-- Doctrines of Hatred, Part II: Anti-Protestantism (1902) by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"One can defend against an enemy that invades the country, with arms in hand; but how to resist a silent invasion of ideas that insinuate themselves into your mind and take hold of your soul?"
-- Doctrines of Hatred, Part II: Anti-Protestantism (1902) by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
-- Doctrines of Hatred, Part II: Anti-Protestantism (1902) by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
On this day was born, in 1850, Léon Hennique, a French Naturalist writer who studied painting before turning to writing.
Here are two delightful sketches or snapshots capturing French life during the French Second Empire or early Third Republic.
Here are two delightful sketches or snapshots capturing French life during the French Second Empire or early Third Republic.
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On this day was born, in 1850, Léon Hennique, a French Naturalist writer who studied painting before turning to writing.
Here are two delightful sketches or snapshots capturing French life during the French Second Empire or early Third Republic.
Here are two delightful sketches or snapshots capturing French life during the French Second Empire or early Third Republic.
Among the many news headlines today: "Trump media to enter booming prediction markets business..."
Were Léon Bloy alive, he could apply for a gig job submitting predictions related to macro European politics, assuming he could stand it any better than he could the Gil Blas.
Were Léon Bloy alive, he could apply for a gig job submitting predictions related to macro European politics, assuming he could stand it any better than he could the Gil Blas.
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Among the many news headlines today: "Trump media to enter booming prediction markets business..."
Were Léon Bloy alive, he could apply for a gig job submitting predictions related to macro European politics, assuming he could stand it any better than he could the Gil Blas.
Were Léon Bloy alive, he could apply for a gig job submitting predictions related to macro European politics, assuming he could stand it any better than he could the Gil Blas.
From Léon Bloy's Oct. 28, 1901 diary entry in _Cochons_:
“Read the old booklet by Michelet: 'Poland and Russia,' published in 1852. Despite his unbearable Jacobin sentimentality, Micheletʼs little work interests me because of Russia...
“Read the old booklet by Michelet: 'Poland and Russia,' published in 1852. Despite his unbearable Jacobin sentimentality, Micheletʼs little work interests me because of Russia...
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From Léon Bloy's Oct. 28, 1901 diary entry in _Cochons_:
“Read the old booklet by Michelet: 'Poland and Russia,' published in 1852. Despite his unbearable Jacobin sentimentality, Micheletʼs little work interests me because of Russia...
“Read the old booklet by Michelet: 'Poland and Russia,' published in 1852. Despite his unbearable Jacobin sentimentality, Micheletʼs little work interests me because of Russia...
I am the tenebrous – the widower – the disconsolate
Prince of Aquitaine in a ruined tower:
My only star is dead – and my lute, constellated,
Bears the black sun of Melancholy.
In the dark night of the tomb, you who consoled me,
Grant me the Posillipo and the sea of Italy,...
Prince of Aquitaine in a ruined tower:
My only star is dead – and my lute, constellated,
Bears the black sun of Melancholy.
In the dark night of the tomb, you who consoled me,
Grant me the Posillipo and the sea of Italy,...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I am the tenebrous – the widower – the disconsolate
Prince of Aquitaine in a ruined tower:
My only star is dead – and my lute, constellated,
Bears the black sun of Melancholy.
In the dark night of the tomb, you who consoled me,
Grant me the Posillipo and the sea of Italy,...
Prince of Aquitaine in a ruined tower:
My only star is dead – and my lute, constellated,
Bears the black sun of Melancholy.
In the dark night of the tomb, you who consoled me,
Grant me the Posillipo and the sea of Italy,...
The Perverted Peasant, or The Dangers of the City, by Restif de la Bretonne, tells the story of a virtuous & charming young man from the country who travels to the city to learn his trade (painting). Along the way he is corrupted by its ways. It is a tragedy in the strict sense.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Perverted Peasant, or The Dangers of the City, by Restif de la Bretonne, tells the story of a virtuous & charming young man from the country who travels to the city to learn his trade (painting). Along the way he is corrupted by its ways. It is a tragedy in the strict sense.
On this day in 1734, Restif de la Bretonne was born in a small Burgundian village in France.
A prolific author of numerous works, he wrote The Pornographer (1769) -- an epistolary novel that proposes a “plan of rules for prostitutes,” in which he coined the term “pornographer.”
A prolific author of numerous works, he wrote The Pornographer (1769) -- an epistolary novel that proposes a “plan of rules for prostitutes,” in which he coined the term “pornographer.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On this day in 1734, Restif de la Bretonne was born in a small Burgundian village in France.
A prolific author of numerous works, he wrote The Pornographer (1769) -- an epistolary novel that proposes a “plan of rules for prostitutes,” in which he coined the term “pornographer.”
A prolific author of numerous works, he wrote The Pornographer (1769) -- an epistolary novel that proposes a “plan of rules for prostitutes,” in which he coined the term “pornographer.”
“I am the veridical historian of the brilliant conquests of a beautiful young ladyʼs pretty little foot. O you! astonishment & terror of the universe, celebrated conquerors... Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan...
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“I am the veridical historian of the brilliant conquests of a beautiful young ladyʼs pretty little foot. O you! astonishment & terror of the universe, celebrated conquerors... Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan...
Longtime readers of Léon Bloy may sometimes wonder what he felt about the Biblical Job, “a man in the land of Uz” (which would seem to be Edom). The following reflections, from a letter to Henry de Groux, June 8, 1895, shed some light:
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Longtime readers of Léon Bloy may sometimes wonder what he felt about the Biblical Job, “a man in the land of Uz” (which would seem to be Edom). The following reflections, from a letter to Henry de Groux, June 8, 1895, shed some light:
"What is Nationalism & What Do Nationalists Want?" by Alfredo Rocco has been released.
It is currently available for purchase via Amazon, and will soon be available via other online retailers.
It is currently available for purchase via Amazon, and will soon be available via other online retailers.
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"What is Nationalism & What Do Nationalists Want?" by Alfredo Rocco has been released.
It is currently available for purchase via Amazon, and will soon be available via other online retailers.
It is currently available for purchase via Amazon, and will soon be available via other online retailers.
(Coming Soon) "What Is Nationalism & What Do Nationalists Want?" by Alfredo Rocco is the latest in our series of early 20th century works on Italian politics. Originally published in 1914, it discusses what nationalism is/isn't, objections & criticisms, whom it appeals to, etc...
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
(Coming Soon) "What Is Nationalism & What Do Nationalists Want?" by Alfredo Rocco is the latest in our series of early 20th century works on Italian politics. Originally published in 1914, it discusses what nationalism is/isn't, objections & criticisms, whom it appeals to, etc...
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 12, will mark the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Everyone knows this. What everyone does not know is that in the 19th century there was a movement within the Catholic Church to have him beatified.
Next week, Sunday, October 12, will mark the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Everyone knows this. What everyone does not know is that in the 19th century there was a movement within the Catholic Church to have him beatified.
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 12, will mark the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Everyone knows this. What everyone does not know is that in the 19th century there was a movement within the Catholic Church to have him beatified.
"Here lies Louis XVII, Charles-Louis, Duke of Normandy, King of France and Navarre, Born in Versailles March 27, 1785, Died in Delft August 10, 1845."
Such is the epitaph offered to the travelerʼs astonishment, on the stone of a humble grave in the cemetery of Delft, in Holland.
Such is the epitaph offered to the travelerʼs astonishment, on the stone of a humble grave in the cemetery of Delft, in Holland.
October 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Here lies Louis XVII, Charles-Louis, Duke of Normandy, King of France and Navarre, Born in Versailles March 27, 1785, Died in Delft August 10, 1845."
Such is the epitaph offered to the travelerʼs astonishment, on the stone of a humble grave in the cemetery of Delft, in Holland.
Such is the epitaph offered to the travelerʼs astonishment, on the stone of a humble grave in the cemetery of Delft, in Holland.
"A monument to Villiers de lʼIsle-Adam! To the author of Isis, Tribulat Bonhomet, Contes Cruels, The Future Eve, Axël – everything that he had written that was of the most bitter, the most slapping, the most belting, the most dog-whipping kind! And who spoke about it? Nobody."
October 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"A monument to Villiers de lʼIsle-Adam! To the author of Isis, Tribulat Bonhomet, Contes Cruels, The Future Eve, Axël – everything that he had written that was of the most bitter, the most slapping, the most belting, the most dog-whipping kind! And who spoke about it? Nobody."
Next week, Sunday, October 12, will mark the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Everyone knows this. What everyone does not know is that in the 19th century there was a movement within the Catholic Church to have him beatified.
October 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Next week, Sunday, October 12, will mark the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Everyone knows this. What everyone does not know is that in the 19th century there was a movement within the Catholic Church to have him beatified.
"I am very strongly convinced that democracies are no more viable today than monarchies, and that, fundamentally, *everything is rejected*, because we are on the verge of a mysterious epoch wherein God wants to act alone, just as he pleases." -- Léon Bloy, March 20, 1897
October 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"I am very strongly convinced that democracies are no more viable today than monarchies, and that, fundamentally, *everything is rejected*, because we are on the verge of a mysterious epoch wherein God wants to act alone, just as he pleases." -- Léon Bloy, March 20, 1897
On this day in 1851 was born Théodore Hannon, Belgian poet, painter, scenarist, good friend of Felicien Rops. Of whom J.-K. Huysmans says, in _À Rebours_, that his “charming corruption inevitably resonated with des Esseintesʼ tastes.”
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On this day in 1851 was born Théodore Hannon, Belgian poet, painter, scenarist, good friend of Felicien Rops. Of whom J.-K. Huysmans says, in _À Rebours_, that his “charming corruption inevitably resonated with des Esseintesʼ tastes.”
Evidently, the church bells had stopped sounding the hour for it was by means of an electric timer that the priest, these days, away from his bell tower, dialogues with divinity. An Angelus blackout. What difference did it make! Who thought about three Ave Mariaʼs anymore?
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Evidently, the church bells had stopped sounding the hour for it was by means of an electric timer that the priest, these days, away from his bell tower, dialogues with divinity. An Angelus blackout. What difference did it make! Who thought about three Ave Mariaʼs anymore?
On this day in 1902, Léon Bloy wrote in his diary:
“Feast Day of Saint Michael. Death of Zola... Divina virtute, in infernum detrude. (See the post-scriptum to Je MʼAccuse...) The sacrilegious churl was unable to finish his ʻfourth Gospel.ʼ SOMEONE had enough.”
“Feast Day of Saint Michael. Death of Zola... Divina virtute, in infernum detrude. (See the post-scriptum to Je MʼAccuse...) The sacrilegious churl was unable to finish his ʻfourth Gospel.ʼ SOMEONE had enough.”
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
On this day in 1902, Léon Bloy wrote in his diary:
“Feast Day of Saint Michael. Death of Zola... Divina virtute, in infernum detrude. (See the post-scriptum to Je MʼAccuse...) The sacrilegious churl was unable to finish his ʻfourth Gospel.ʼ SOMEONE had enough.”
“Feast Day of Saint Michael. Death of Zola... Divina virtute, in infernum detrude. (See the post-scriptum to Je MʼAccuse...) The sacrilegious churl was unable to finish his ʻfourth Gospel.ʼ SOMEONE had enough.”
A collection of essays, newspaper articles and interviews, discourses and polemics on the subject of Fascism by Giovanni Gentile (AD 1875-1944), the “philosopher of Fascism.” The collection was written (& transcribed) over the course of several years prior to its publication in book format in 1925.
September 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A collection of essays, newspaper articles and interviews, discourses and polemics on the subject of Fascism by Giovanni Gentile (AD 1875-1944), the “philosopher of Fascism.” The collection was written (& transcribed) over the course of several years prior to its publication in book format in 1925.
“M. Émile Zola has chosen to work exclusively in the Disgusting. We have learned from him that one can delve considerably into human filth and that a book made of that alone could have the pretension of being beautiful..." -- d'Aurevilly, as reported by Léon Bloy in _Je M'Accuse..._
September 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“M. Émile Zola has chosen to work exclusively in the Disgusting. We have learned from him that one can delve considerably into human filth and that a book made of that alone could have the pretension of being beautiful..." -- d'Aurevilly, as reported by Léon Bloy in _Je M'Accuse..._
"I exited a theater where each evening I appeared in the loges dressed to the nines as a suitor. Sometimes the hall was full, sometimes it was empty. I was not interested in gazing down at a parterre peopled with thirty or so affected theater lovers,...
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I exited a theater where each evening I appeared in the loges dressed to the nines as a suitor. Sometimes the hall was full, sometimes it was empty. I was not interested in gazing down at a parterre peopled with thirty or so affected theater lovers,...
"Absolute negation of every present good and absolute certainty of recovering Eden after universal destruction. Revelatory enthymeme of life’s emptiness through deathʼs emptiness, last attempt of Pride, enjoining the X of Justice, once and for all, in the name of all earthly grief...
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Absolute negation of every present good and absolute certainty of recovering Eden after universal destruction. Revelatory enthymeme of life’s emptiness through deathʼs emptiness, last attempt of Pride, enjoining the X of Justice, once and for all, in the name of all earthly grief...