CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S NOTE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI FRANÇOIS MAURIAC published his first book in 1909. It is a collection of poems, and bears the title, _Les Mains Jointes_. Mauriac was then twenty-one years old, and the little volume drew forth enthusiastic praise from Maurice Barrès in _L'Echo de Paris_. The following year brought his second book of verse, _L'Adieu à l'Adolescence_; and in 1913 and 1914 his first two novels appeared, _L'Enfant chargé de Chaînes_ and _La Robe Prétexte_. Soon after the war he had two more novels, _La Ch…
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