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Author: Various
Language: English
Subjects: Literature › Collections, French fiction
Length: 1,415,356 words · about 99 h 7 min
Sections: 485 reader sections · Table of contents
Source: Project Gutenberg #4000

Contents (485)

Opening about 12 min
I. THE HOUSE OF DESVARENNES about 21 min
II. THE GALLEY-SLAVE OF PLEASURE about 15 min
III. PIERRE RETURNS about 17 min
IV. THE RIVALS about 14 min
V. A CRITICAL INTERVIEW about 10 min
VI. A SIGNIFICANT MEETING about 17 min
VII. JEANNE'S SECRET about 12 min
VIII. A PLEASANT UNDERSTANDING about 15 min
IX. THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE about 19 min
X. CAYROL'S DISAPPOINTMENT about 11 min
XI. CONFESSION about 9 min
XII. THE FETE about 7 min
XIII. THE FIRST BREAK about 23 min
XIV. A SUDDEN JOURNEY about 17 min
XV. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER about 15 min
XVI. THE TELLTALE KISS about 13 min
XVII. CAYROL IS BLIND about 12 min
XVIII. THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY about 25 min
XIX. SIN GROWS BOLDER about 18 min
XX. THE CRISIS about 8 min
Chapter XXI about 14 min
XXII. THE MOTHER'S REVENGE about 19 min
Chapter I about 23 min
Chapter II about 9 min
III. A DISCUSSION ON THE LITTLE CORPORAL about 18 min
IV. THE END OF A DREAM about 15 min
V. A DINNER 'EN FAMILLE' about 15 min
VI. A DISTINGUISHED RELICT about 5 min
VII. MADAME HAS HER WAY about 11 min
VIII. THE LADY OF THE BELLS about 4 min
IX. CHOULETTE FINDS A NEW FRIEND about 6 min
X. DECHARTRE ARRIVES IN FLORENCE about 18 min
Chapter XI about 4 min
XII. HEARTS AWAKENED about 11 min
Chapter XIII about 6 min
XIV. THE AVOWAL about 4 min
XV. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER about 5 min
Chapter XVI about 8 min
XVII. MISS BELL ASKS A QUESTION about 4 min
Chapter XVIII about 3 min
XIX. CHOULETTE TAKES A JOURNEY about 10 min
XX. WHAT IS FRANKNESS? about 3 min
Chapter XXI about 14 min
XXII. A MEETING AT THE STATION about 12 min
Chapter XXIII about 8 min
XXIV. CHOULETTE'S AMBITION about 6 min
Chapter XXV about 5 min
XXVI. IN DECHARTRE'S STUDIO about 11 min
XXVII. THE PRIMROSE PATH about 5 min
XXVIII. NEWS OF LE MENIL about 10 min
XXIX. JEALOUSY about 8 min
XXX. A LETTER FROM ROBERT about 6 min
XXXI. AN UNWELCOME APPARITION about 14 min
XXXII. THE RED LILY about 14 min
XXXIII. A WHITE NIGHT about 7 min
Chapter XXXIV about 14 min
I. MY FIRST SUPPER PARTY about 5 min
Chapter II about 13 min
III. MADAME DE K about 8 min
IV. SOUVENIRS OF LENT about 12 min
V. MADAME AND HER FRIEND CHAT BY THE FIRESIDE about 6 min
VI. A DREAM about 12 min
VII. AN EMBASSY BALL about 6 min
VIII. MY AUNT AS VENUS about 9 min
Chapter IX about 12 min
X. MADAME'S IMPRESSIONS about 12 min
XI. A WEDDING NIGHT about 6 min
XII. THE HONEYMOON about 10 min
XIII. THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK about 15 min
XIV. THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK AGAIN about 8 min
XV. MY WIFE GOES TO A DANCE about 10 min
XVI. A FALSE ALARM about 19 min
XVII. I SUP WITH MY WIFE about 8 min
XVIII. FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER about 8 min
XIX. A LITTLE CHAT about 10 min
XX. THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE about 6 min
XXI. A LONGING about 8 min
XXII. FAMILY LIFE about 9 min
XXIII. NEW YEAR'S DAY about 9 min
XXIV. LETTERS OF A YOUNG MOTHER TO HER FRIEND about 6 min
XXV. FOUR YEARS LATER about 3 min
XXVI. OLD RECOLLECTIONS about 7 min
XXVII. THE LITTLE BOOTS about 9 min
XXVIII. BABIES AND PAPAS about 10 min
XXIX. HIS FIRST BREECHES about 7 min
XXX. COUNTRY CHILDREN about 7 min
XXXI. AUTUMN about 6 min
XXXII. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FORTY NOW about 4 min
XXXIII. CONVALESCENCE about 4 min
XXXIV. FAMILY TIES about 12 min
I. THE BETROTHAL FETE about 8 min
II. THE BARONESS'S MATCHMAKING about 7 min
III. THE STORY OF THE ZILAHS about 7 min
Chapter IV about 7 min
Chapter V about 12 min
VI. A GYPSY PRINCESS about 7 min
VII. THE STORY OF MARSA about 10 min
Chapter VIII about 11 min
Chapter IX about 7 min
Chapter X about 8 min
XI. A RIVER FETE about 8 min
XII. A DARK PAGE about 18 min
Chapter XIII about 8 min
Chapter XIV about 13 min
Chapter XV about 10 min
Chapter XVI about 4 min
XVII. MARSA'S GUARDIANS about 8 min
Chapter XVIII about 2 min
Chapter XIX about 10 min
XX. THE BRIDAL DAY about 6 min
Chapter XXI about 6 min
XXII. A DREAM SHATTERED about 10 min
Chapter XXIII about 8 min
XXIV. A LITTLE PARISIAN ROMANCE about 15 min
XXV. THE HOME OF "PUCK" about 20 min
Chapter XXVI about 12 min
Chapter XXVII about 2 min
XXVIII. THE STRICKEN SOUL about 14 min
Chapter XXIX about 11 min
Chapter XXX about 11 min
Chapter XXXI about 11 min
XXXII. THE VALE OF VIOLETS about 7 min
XXXIII. THE DUEL about 10 min
XXXIV. A NEW LIFE about 18 min
I. LES FRERES-PROVENCAUX about 4 min
II. BIRDS OF PREY about 4 min
III. THE GAME about 3 min
IV. THE RESULT about 4 min
V. A DESPERATE RESOLUTION about 5 min
VI. THE FAREWELL about 3 min
VII. THE VOW about 2 min
VIII. IN SEARCH OF GLORY about 2 min
Chapter IX about 7 min
X. GENERAL DE PREROLLES about 9 min
XI. EUGENIE GONTIER about 5 min
XII. RIVAL BEAUTIES about 6 min
XIII. THE INDUSTRIAL ORPHAN ASYLUM about 8 min
XIV. A WOMAN'S INSTINCT about 6 min
XV. DEFIANCE OF MRS. GRUNDY about 8 min
XVI. FRATERNAL ADVICE about 7 min
XVII. THE LADY BOUNTIFUL about 4 min
XVIII. A MODERN TARTUFE about 4 min
XIX. BROKEN TIES about 4 min
XX. ZIBELINE RECEIVES about 5 min
XXI. A DASHING AMAZON about 8 min
XXII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING about 6 min
XXIII. THE MILITARY REVIEW about 8 min
XXIV. THE CHALLENGE about 4 min
XXV. THE AMAZON HAS A FALL about 6 min
XXVI. AN UNCONSCIOUS AVOWAL about 5 min
XXVII. DISTRACTION about 5 min
XXVIII. THE VOW REDEEMED about 9 min
XXIX. THE MARQUISE DE PREROLLES about 4 min
I. THE UNFINISHED WILL about 26 min
II. THE HEIR TO VIVEY about 29 min
III. CONSCIENCE HIGHER THAN THE LAW about 32 min
IV. THE DAWN OF LOVE about 27 min
V. LOVE'S INDISCRETION about 27 min
VI. LOVE BY PROXY about 28 min
VII. THE STRANGE, DARK SECRET about 27 min
VIII. LOVE'S SAD ENDING about 31 min
IX. LOVE HEALS THE BROKEN HEART about 33 min
I. TO THE READER about 1 min
II. REFLECTIONS about 23 min
III. THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS about 13 min
IV. THE PATH OF DESPAIR about 7 min
V. A PHILOSOPHER'S ADVICE about 12 min
VI. MADAME LEVASSEUR about 4 min
VII. THE WISDOM OF SIRACH about 4 min
VIII. THE SEARCH FOR HEALING about 5 min
IX. BACCHUS, THE CONSOLER about 10 min
I. AT THE CROSSWAYS about 11 min
II. THE CHOSEN WAY about 5 min
III. AFRICAN HOSPITALITY about 7 min
IV. MARCO about 23 min
V. SATIETY about 7 min
I. DEATH, THE INEVITABLE about 2 min
II. THE BALM OF SOLITUDE about 7 min
III. BRIGITTE about 9 min
IV. RIPENING ACQUAINTANCE about 15 min
V. AN INTERVIEW about 6 min
VI. THE RUGGED PATH OF LOVE about 13 min
VII. THE VENUSBERG AGAIN about 5 min
I. THE THORNS OF LOVE about 21 min
II. UNCERTAINTY about 13 min
III. EXPLANATIONS about 9 min
IV. BRIGITTE'S LOSS about 10 min
V. A TORTURED SOUL about 9 min
I. SWEET ANTICIPATIONS about 6 min
II. THE DEMON OF DOUBT about 10 min
III. THE QUESTION OF SMITH about 8 min
IV. IN THE FURNACE about 10 min
V. TRUTH AT LAST about 31 min
VI. SELF-SACRIFICE THE SOLUTION about 33 min
Chapter I about 12 min
II. FRUIT FROM THE HOTBED OF PARIS about 21 min
III. DEBRIS FROM THE REVOLUTION about 13 min
IV. A NEW ACTRESS IN A NOVEL ROLE about 21 min
V. THE COUNT LOSES A LADY AND FINDS A MISSION about 17 min
VI. THE OLD DOMAIN OF REUILLY about 15 min
VII. ELISE DE TECLE about 10 min
VIII. A DISH OF POLITICS about 21 min
IX. LOVE CONQUERS PHILOSOPHY about 29 min
X. THE PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY about 21 min
XI. NEW MAN OF THE NEW EMPIRE about 14 min
XII. CIRCE about 23 min
XIII. THE FIRST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY about 9 min
XIV. AN ANONYMOUS LETTER about 14 min
XV. THE COUNTESS DE CAMORS about 12 min
XVI. THE REPTILE STRIVES TO CLIMB about 18 min
XVII. LIGHTNING FROM A CLEAR SKY about 10 min
XVIII. ONE GLEAM OF HOPE about 19 min
XIX. THE REPTILE TURNS TO STING about 14 min
XX. THE SECOND ACT OF THE TRAGEDY about 11 min
XXI. THE FEATHER IN THE BALANCE about 21 min
XXII. THE CURTAIN FALLS about 19 min
Preface about 22 min
I. THE ADIEU about 32 min
II. THE STREET about 15 min
III. THE GOOD PRIEST about 17 min
IV. THE TRIAL about 15 min
V. THE MARTYRDOM about 14 min
VI. THE DREAM about 13 min
VII. THE CABINET about 32 min
VIII. THE INTERVIEW about 18 min
IX. THE SIEGE about 18 min
X. THE RECOMPENSE about 17 min
XI. THE BLUNDERS about 16 min
XII. THE NIGHT-WATCH about 23 min
XIII. THE SPANIARD about 15 min
XIV. THE RIOT about 22 min
XV. THE ALCOVE about 21 min
XVI. THE CONFUSION about 11 min
XVII. TOILETTE about 20 min
XVIII. THE SECRET about 10 min
XIX. THE HUNTING PARTY about 37 min
XX. THE READING about 27 min
XXI. THE CONFESSIONAL about 14 min
XXII. THE STORM about 17 min
XXIII. ABSENCE about 11 min
XXIV. THE WORK about 38 min
XXV. THE PRISONERS about 39 min
XXVI. THE FETE about 27 min
I. THE SALE OF LONGUEVAL about 22 min
II. THE NEW CHATELAINE about 17 min
III. DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES about 20 min
IV. A RIOT OF CHARITY about 12 min
V. THE FAIR AMERICANS about 20 min
VI. A LITTLE DINNER FOR FOUR about 14 min
VII. CONFIDENCES about 9 min
VIII. ANOTHER MARTYR TO MILLIONS about 26 min
IX. THE REWARD OF TENDER COURAGE about 30 min
I. ON THE BALCONY about 14 min
II. SAD CHANGES about 12 min
III. PAPA AND MAMMA GERARD about 17 min
IV. THE DEMON ABSINTHE about 16 min
V. AMEDEE MAKES FRIENDS about 13 min
VI. DREAMS OF LOVE about 8 min
VII. A GENTLE COUNSELLOR about 8 min
VIII. BUTTERFLIES AND GRASSHOPPERS about 12 min
IX. THORNS OF JEALOUSY about 15 min
X. A BUDDING POET about 18 min
XI. SUCCESS about 20 min
XII. SOCIAL TRIUMPHS about 21 min
XIII. A SERPENT AT THE FIRESIDE about 19 min
XIV. TOO LATE! about 22 min
XV. REPARATION about 17 min
XVI. IN TIME OF WAR about 21 min
Chapter XVII about 16 min
I. A DILETTANTE AND A BELIEVER about 33 min
II. THE BEGINNING OF A DRAMA about 35 min
III. BOLESLAS GORKA about 33 min
IV. APPROACHING DANGER about 43 min
V. COUNTESS STENO about 40 min
VI. THE INCONSISTENCY OF AN OLD CHOUAN about 1 h 7 min
VII. A LITTLE RELATIVE OF IAGO about 38 min
VIII. ON THE GROUND about 40 min
IX. LUCID ALBA about 30 min
X. COMMON MISERY about 23 min
XI. THE LAKE DI PORTO about 25 min
XII. EPILOGUE about 13 min
I. A PARISIENNE'S "AT HOME" about 29 min
II. A CLEVER STEPMOTHER about 13 min
III. THE FRIEND OF THE FAY about 25 min
IV. A DANGEROUS MODEL about 8 min
V. SURPRISES about 21 min
VI. A CONVENT FLOWER about 15 min
VII. THE BLUE BAND about 29 min
VIII. A PUZZLING CORRESPONDENCE about 20 min
IX. BEAUTY AT THE FAIR about 16 min
X. GISELLE'S CONSOLATION about 9 min
XI. FRED ASKS A QUESTION about 17 min
XII. A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY about 14 min
XIII. THE STORM BREAKS about 16 min
XIV. BITTER DISILLUSION about 22 min
XV. TREACHEROUS KINDNESS about 22 min
XVI. THE SAILOR'S RETURN about 18 min
XVII. TWIN DEVILS about 13 min
Chapter XVIII about 12 min
XIX. GENTLE CONSPIRATORS about 8 min
XX. A CHIVALROUS SOUL about 15 min
I. THE ACCIDENT about 11 min
II. THE JUNIAN LATINS about 8 min
III. AN APOLOGY about 9 min
IV. THE STORY OF SYLVESTRE about 18 min
V. A FRUITLESS SEARCH about 12 min
VI. THE FLOWER-SHOW about 9 min
VII. A WOODLAND SKETCH about 19 min
VIII. JOY AND MADNESS about 15 min
IX. A VISIT FROM MY UNCLE about 9 min
X. A FAMILY BREACH about 8 min
XI. IN THE BEATEN PATH about 7 min
XII. I GO TO ITALY about 12 min
XIII. STARTLING NEWS FROM SYLVESTRE about 12 min
XIV. A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER about 30 min
XV. BACK TO PARIS about 10 min
XVI. A FISHING-TRIP AND AN OLD FRIEND about 16 min
XVII. PLEASURES OF EAVESDROPPING about 14 min
XVIII. A COOL RECEPTION about 13 min
XIX. JEANNE THE ENCHANTRESS about 23 min
XX. A HAPPY FAMILY about 8 min
I. A WEDDING-PARTY AT THE CAFE VEFOUR about 15 min
II. LITTLE CHEBE'S STORY about 20 min
III. THE FALSE PEARLS about 19 min
Chapter IV about 17 min
V. HOW LITTLE CHEBE'S STORY ENDED about 9 min
VI. Noon. The Marais is breakfasting about 13 min
VII. THE TRUE PEARL AND THE FALSE about 11 min
VIII. THE BREWERY ON THE RUE BLONDEL about 21 min
IX. AT SAVIGNY about 7 min
X. SIGISMOND PLANUS TREMBLES FOR HIS CASH-BOX about 14 min
XI. THE INVENTORY about 22 min
XII. A LETTER about 1 min
XIII. THE JUDGE about 26 min
XIV. EXPLANATION about 15 min
XV. POOR LITTLE MAM'ZELLE ZIZI about 7 min
XVI. THE WAITING-ROOM about 11 min
XVII. AN ITEM OF NEWS about 14 min
XVIII. SHE PROMISED NOT TO TRY AGAIN about 8 min
XIX. APPROACHING CLOUDS about 6 min
XX. REVELATIONS about 23 min
XXI. THE DAY OF RECKONING about 21 min
XXII. THE NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OF FROMONT about 17 min
XXIII. CAFE CHANTANT about 22 min
XXIV. SIDONIE'S VENGEANCE about 16 min
I. THE TRAVELLER about 16 min
II. THE CASTLE OF BERGENHEIM about 21 min
III. A DIVIDED HOUSEHOLD about 15 min
IV. THE GALLANT IN THE GARDEN about 18 min
V. ART AND MUSIC about 15 min
VI. GERFAUT'S STORY about 22 min
VII. GERFAUT ASKS A FAVOR about 24 min
VIII. A LOVER'S RUSE about 20 min
IX. GERFAUT, THE WIZARD about 16 min
X. PLOTS about 14 min
XI. A QUARREL about 18 min
XII. AN INHARMONIOUS MUSICALE about 16 min
XIII. MONSIEUR DE BERGENHEIM about 4 min
XIV. GERFAUT'S ALLEGORY about 8 min
XV. DECLARATION OF WAR about 3 min
XVI. GERFAUT WINS A POINT about 24 min
XVII. A RUDE INTERRUPTION about 14 min
XVIII. ESPIONAGE about 8 min
XIX. THE REVELATION about 19 min
XX. MARILLAC TELLS A STORY about 24 min
XXI. A STRATAGEM about 11 min
XXII. THE CRISIS about 15 min
XXIII. THE AGREEMENT about 16 min
XXIV. A FRIEND'S ADVICE about 18 min
XXV. THE WILD BOAR about 9 min
XXVI. BERGENHEIM'S REVENGE about 15 min
I. THE REUNION about 8 min
II. THE RICH MAN'S REFUSAL about 10 min
III. A LAST RESORT about 9 min
Chapter IV about 8 min
V. A CHARMING VISITOR about 8 min
VI. A SWEET CONSOLER about 8 min
VII. A LITTLE DINNER FOR TWO about 7 min
VIII. EXPLANATIONS about 10 min
IX. CAFFIE'S ANSWER about 8 min
X. SANIEL MAKES A RESOLUTION about 8 min
XI. THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH about 9 min
XII. THE CRUCIAL MOMENT about 9 min
XIII. DISTRACTION about 8 min
XIV. THE EXAMINATION about 8 min
XV. A NEW PLAN about 5 min
XVI. THE SMILES OF FORTUNE about 8 min
XVII. PHILLIS'S FEARS about 8 min
XVIII. A GRAVE DISCUSSION about 8 min
XIX. THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR about 8 min
XX. A TIGHTENING CHAIN about 9 min
Chapter XXI about 7 min
XXII. NOUGAREDE'S BRIDE about 6 min
XXIII. STUNNING NEWS about 8 min
XXIV. HEDGING about 8 min
XXV. DAGNEROUS DETAILS about 9 min
XXVI. A GOOD MEMORY about 9 min
XXVII. A NEW PERIL about 8 min
XXVIII. SANIEL VISITS A BARBER about 7 min
XXIX. A BROKEN NEGATIVE about 8 min
XXX. PHILLIS PRECIPITATES MATTERS about 8 min
XXXI. THE APPOINTMENT about 8 min
XXXII. THE FATAL LIGHT about 8 min
XXXIII. SUSPENSE about 8 min
XXXIV. ON THE RACK about 9 min
XXXV. A SECOND VICTIM about 9 min
XXXVI. CONSCIENCE ASSERTS ITSELF about 8 min
XXXVII. ATTEMPTED REPARATION about 8 min
XXXVIII. THE IMPORTANT QUESTION about 8 min
XXXIX. CONCESSION TO CONSCIENCE about 8 min
XL. PHILLIS IS SURPRISED about 7 min
XLI. A TROUBLED SOUL about 9 min
XLII. THE POWER OF HYPNOTISM about 10 min
XLIII. THE TERRIBLE REVELATION about 10 min
XLIV. AFTER LONG YEARS about 11 min
Dedication about 1 min
Introduction about 2 min
I. THE MYSTERIOUS LAND about 1 min
II. STRANGE SCENES about 6 min
III. THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS about 20 min
IV. CHOOSING A BRIDE about 12 min
V. A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE about 1 min
VI. MY NEW MENAGE about 1 min
VII. THE LADIES OF THE FANS about 1 min
VIII. THE NECESSARY VEIL about 1 min
IX. MY PLAYTHING about 1 min
X. NOCTURNAL TERRORS about 2 min
XI. A GAME OF ARCHERY about 8 min
XII. HAPPY FAMILIES! about 5 min
XIII. OUR "VERY TALL FRIEND" about 1 min
XIV. OUR PIOUS HOSTS about 1 min
Chapter XV about 1 min
XVI. SLEEPING JAPAN about 1 min
XVII. THE SONG OF THE CICALA about 1 min
XVIII. MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL about 1 min
XIX. MY JAPANESE RELATIVES about 1 min
XX. A DEAD FAIRY about 4 min
XXI. ANCIENT TOMBS about 1 min
XXII. DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL about 1 min
XXIII. A FANTASTIC FUNERAL about 2 min
XXIV. SOCIABILITY about 1 min
XXV. UNWELCOME GUESTS about 2 min
XXVI. A QUIET SMOKE about 4 min
XXVII. THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE about 3 min
XXVIII. A DOLL'S CORRESPONDENCE about 2 min
XXIX. SUDDEN SHOWERS about 7 min
XXX. A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY about 3 min
XXXI. BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES about 1 min
XXXII. STRANGE YEARNINGS about 3 min
XXXIII. A GENEROUS HUSBAND about 2 min
XXXIV. THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE about 14 min
XXXV. THROUGH A MICROSCOPE about 3 min
XXXVI. MY NAUGHTY DOLL about 6 min
XXXVII. COMPLICATIONS about 1 min
XXXVIII. THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY! about 2 min
XXXIX. A LADY OF JAPAN about 1 min
XL. OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES about 6 min
XLI. AN UNEXPECTED CALL about 1 min
XLII. AN ORIENTAL VISION about 3 min
XLIII. THE CATS AND THE DOLLS about 2 min
XLIV. TENDER MINISTRATIONS about 5 min
XLV. TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS about 3 min
XLVI. GRAVE SUSPICIONS about 6 min
XLVII. A MIDNIGHT ALARM about 4 min
XLVIII. UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY about 5 min
XLIX. RUMORS OF DEPARTURE about 5 min
L. A DOLLS' DUET about 6 min
LI. THE LAST DAY about 13 min
Chapter LII about 7 min
LIII. OFF FOR CHINA about 4 min
LIV. A FADING PICTURE under 1 min
LV. A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER about 4 min
I. NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS about 11 min
II. THE CARNIVAL about 13 min
III. WHAT WE MAY LEARN BY LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW about 12 min
IV. LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER about 13 min
V. COMPENSATION about 15 min
VI. UNCLE MAURICE about 17 min
VII. THE PRICE OF POWER AND THE WORTH OF FAME about 18 min
VIII. MISANTHROPY AND REPENTANCE about 13 min
IX. THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL AROUT about 18 min
X. OUR COUNTRY about 20 min
XI. MORAL USE OF INVENTORIES about 21 min
XII. THE END OF THE YEAR about 17 min

The opening of I. THE HOUSE OF DESVARENNES

The firm of Desvarennes has been in an ancient mansion in the Rue Saint Dominique since 1875; it is one of the best known and most important in French industry. The counting-houses are in the wings of the building looking upon the courtyard, which were occupied by the servants when the family whose coat-of-arms has been effaced from above the gate-way were still owners of the estate.
Madame Desvarennes inhabits the mansion which she has had magnificently renovated. A formidable rival of the Darblays, the great millers of France, the firm of Desvarennes is a commercial and political power. Inquire in Paris about its solvency, and you will be told that you may safely advance twenty millions of francs on the signature of the head of the firm. And this head is a woman.

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