The Arab boy Moktir is among the romantic interests of the protagonist, whose wife suffers a miscarriage while he is spending the night with Menalque.  
While traveling in Italy, the protagonist of this work kisses a carriage driver and fruitlessly searches for him afterwards, and in another scene, the protagonist takes another character to collect eels from the basin of a drained pond.  The protagonist of this work goes poaching with Alcide, a member of a group of incestuous farm workers called Heurtevents.  This novel's narration is framed in a letter from the protagonist's friend attempting to secure him a government position.  The Arab boy Moktir is among the romantic interests of the protagonist, whose wife suffers a miscarriage while he is spending the night with Menalque.  The protagonist hides his bloody handkerchief from his wife to conceal his tuberculosis, the same disease which later kills Marceline as he forces her to travel.  FTP, name this novel following the title character Michel written by Andre Gide.
While traveling in Italy, the protagonist of this work kisses a carriage driver and fruitlessly searches for him afterwards, and in another scene, the protagonist takes another character to collect eels from the basin of a drained pond.  
The Immoralist or L'Immoraliste