Synopsis
CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY
"Tartufes! Hypocrites!" Spurned by the one man who might have saved him, Saniel cries at the departing Parisian cab. "And he say he acts out of conscience!"
Besieged by creditors, Saniel needs funds immediately -- even though his prospects with the hospital are practically assured. He has barely slept and has used every stratagem to earn a franc here and there -- medical practice, lectures, and private lessons -- but he has worked himself to the bone -- and apparently for naught!
"The weak kill themselves; the strong fight to their last breath," he tells himself. Yet his last resort, the loan-shark Caffie, refuses him, too -- but then offers a strange, startling solution: marriage to a widow!
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About the Author
Hector-Henri Malot (1830 - 1907) was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale. His first book, published in 1859, was Les Amants. In total Malot wrote over 70 books. By far his most famous book is Sans Famille (Nobody's Boy, 1878), which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the street musician Vitalis at age 8. Sans Famille gained fame as a children's book, though it was not originally intended as such. He announced his retirement as an author of fiction in 1895, but in 1896 he returned with the novel L'amour Dominateur as well as the account of his literary life Le Roman de mes Romans (The Novel of my Novels). He died in Fontenay-sous-Bois in 1907.
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