BOOK SECOND.—THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN
CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
CHAPTER II—ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE SEWER
CHAPTER III—BRUNESEAU
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
BOOK THIRD.—MUD BUT THE SOUL
CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
CHAPTER III—THE “SPUN” MAN
CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
CHAPTER V—IN THE CASE OF SAND AS IN THAT OF WOMAN, THERE IS A FINENESS WHICH IS TREACHEROUS
CHAPTER VI—THE FONTIS
CHAPTER VII—ONE SOMETIMES RUNS AGROUND WHEN ONE FANCIES THAT ONE IS DISEMBARKING
CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF THE MATTER, THE EFFECT OF BEING DEAD
CHAPTER X—RETURN OF THE SON WHO WAS PRODIGAL OF HIS LIFE
CHAPTER XI—CONCUSSION IN THE ABSOLUTE
CHAPTER XII—THE GRANDFATHER
BOOK FOURTH.—JAVERT DERAILED
CHAPTER I
BOOK FIFTH.—GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER
CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS AGAIN
CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY FOR DOMESTIC WAR
CHAPTER III—MARIUS ATTACKED
CHAPTER IV—MADEMOISELLE GILLENORMAND ENDS BY NO LONGER THINKING IT A BAD THING THAT M. FAUCHELEVENT SHOULD HAVE ENTERED WITH SOMETHING UNDER HIS ARM
CHAPTER V—DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN A FOREST RATHER THAN WITH A NOTARY
CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER HIS OWN FASHION, TO RENDER COSETTE HAPPY
CHAPTER VII—THE EFFECTS OF DREAMS MINGLED WITH HAPPINESS
CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
BOOK SIXTH.—THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT
CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
CHAPTER III—THE INSEPARABLE
CHAPTER IV—THE IMMORTAL LIVER
BOOK SEVENTH.—THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP
CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN
BOOK EIGHTH.—FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT
CHAPTER I—THE LOWER CHAMBER
CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS
CHAPTER III—THEY RECALL THE GARDEN OF THE RUE PLUMET
CHAPTER IV—ATTRACTION AND EXTINCTION
BOOK NINTH.—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN
CHAPTER I—PITY FOR THE UNHAPPY, BUT INDULGENCE FOR THE HAPPY
CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL
CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUCHELEVENT’S CART
CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITENING
CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES
LETTER TO M. DAELLI
FOOTNOTES:
List of Illustrations
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Frontpapers
Frontispiece Volume One
Titlepage Volume One
Titlepage Verso
The Comfortor
The Fall
Awakened
Cossette Sweeping
Candlesticks Into the Fire
Father Champmathieu on Trial
Frontispiece Volume Two
Titlepage Volume Two
The Ship Orion, an Accident
The Gorbeau Hovel
The Black Hunt
Javert on the Hunt
The Resurrection
Royalist Bank-note
Frontispiece Volume Three
Titlepage Volume Three
Little Gavroche
Friends of the A B C
Excellence of Misfortune
Rose in Misery
Red Hot Chisel
Snatched up a Paving Stone
Frontispiece Volume Four
Titlepage Volume Four
A Street Orator
Code Table
Succor from Below
Cosette With Letter
Slang
The Grandeurs of Despair
Frontispiece Volume Five
Titlepage Volume Five
Last Drop from the Cup
The Twilight Decline
Darkness
THE MEMOIRS OF VICTOR HUGO
By Victor Hugo
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
AT RHEIMS. 1823-1838.
RECOUNTED BY EYE-WITNESSES
I. THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI.
II. ARRIVAL OF NAPOLEON IN PARIS. March 20, 1815.
VISIONS OF THE REAL.
I. THE HOVEL.
II. PILLAGE. THE REVOLT IN SANTO DOMINGO.
III. A DREAM. September 6, 1847.
IV. THE PANEL WITH THE COAT OF ARMS.
V. THE EASTER DAISY. May 29, 1841.
THEATER
JOANNY. March 7, 1830, Midnight.
MADEMOISELLE MARS.
FREDERICK LEMAITRE.
THE COMIQUES September, 1846
MADEMOISELLE GEORGES. October, 23, 1867.
TABLEAUX VIVANTS
AT THE ACADEMY.
Session of November 23, 1843.
October 8, 1844.
1845.
AN ELECTION SESSION.
March 16, 1847.
April 22, 1847.
October 4, 1847.
December 29, 1848. Friday.
March 26, 1850. Tuesday.
AN ELECTION SESSION. March 28, 1850.
LOVE IN PRISON.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
AT THE TUILERIES. 1844-1848.
I. THE KING. * June, 28, 1844.
July, 1844.
August 4, 1844.
August, 1844.
August, 1844.
September 5, 1844.
September 6, 1844.
September 6, 1844.
September 7, 1844.
1847.
II. THE DUCHESS D’ORLEANS.
February 26, 1844.
August, 1844.
1847.
III. THE PRINCES. 1847.
November 5, 1847.
IN THE CHAMBER OF PEERS. 1846.
GENERAL FABVIER
August 22, 1846.
April 23, 1847.
June 22, 1847.
June 28, 1847.
1848.
January 14, 1848.
THE REVOLUTION OF 1848.
I. THE DAYS OF FEBRUARY.
THE TWENTY-THIRD.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH.
THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
II. EXPULSIONS AND ESCAPES.
III. LOUIS PHILIPPE IN EXILE. May 3, 1848.
IV. KING JEROME.
RELATED BY KING JEROME.
V. THE DAYS OF JUNE.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
June 25.
VI. CHATEAUBRIAND.
July 5, 1848.
VII. DEBATES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE DAYS OF JUNE.
SESSION OF NOVEMBER 25, 1848.
1849.
I. THE JARDIN D’HIVER. FEBRUARY, 1849.
II. GENERAL BREA’S MURDERERS. March, 1849.
III. THE SUICIDE OF ANTONIN MOYNE. April, 1849.
IV. A VISIT TO THE OLD CHAMBER OF PEERS. June, 1849.
SKETCHES MADE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
ODILON BARROT.
MONSIEUR THIERS.
DUFAURE.
CHANGARNIER.
LAGRANGE.
PRUDHON.
BLANQUI.
LAMARTINE. February 23, 1850.
BOULAY DE LA MEURTHE.
DUPIN.
LOUIS BONAPARTE.
I. HIS DEBUTS.
September 26.
October 9.
November 1848.
II. HIS ELEVATION TO THE PRESIDENCY. December 1848.
III. THE FIRST OFFICIAL DINNER. December 24, 1848.
IV. THE FIRST MONTH. January. 1849.
V. FEELING HIS WAY. January, 1849.
February, 1849.
THE SIEGE OF PARIS. EXTRACTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS
THE ASSEMBLY AT BORDEAUX. EXTRACTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS
NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS
Also known as:
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
By Victor Hugo
Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
VOLUME I.
BOOK FIRST.
CHAPTER I. THE GRAND HALL.
CHAPTER II. PIERRE GRINGOIRE.
CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL.
CHAPTER IV. MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE.
CHAPTER V. QUASIMODO.
CHAPTER VI. ESMERALDA.
BOOK SECOND.
CHAPTER I. FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA.
CHAPTER II. THE PLACE DE GREVE.
CHAPTER III. KISSES FOR BLOWS.
CHAPTER IV. THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMAN THROUGH THE
CHAPTER V. RESULT OF THE DANGERS.
CHAPTER VI. THE BROKEN JUG.
CHAPTER VII. A BRIDAL NIGHT.
BOOK THIRD.
CHAPTER I. NOTRE-DAME.
CHAPTER II. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS.
BOOK FOURTH.
CHAPTER I. GOOD SOULS.
CHAPTER II. CLAUDE FROLLO.
CHAPTER III. IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE.
CHAPTER IV. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.
CHAPTER V. MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO.
CHAPTER VI. UNPOPULARITY.
BOOK FIFTH.
CHAPTER I. ABBAS BEATI MARTINI.
CHAPTER II. THIS WILL KILL THAT.
BOOK SIXTH.
CHAPTER I. AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY.
CHAPTER II. THE RAT-HOLE.
CHAPTER III. HISTORY OF A LEAVENED CAKE OF MAIZE.
CHAPTER IV. A TEAR FOR A DROP OF WATER.
CHAPTER V. END OF THE STORY OF THE CAKE.
VOLUME II.
BOOK SEVENTH.
CHAPTER I. THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE’S SECRET TO A GOAT.
CHAPTER II. A PRIEST AND A PHILOSOPHER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
CHAPTER III. THE BELLS.
CHAPTER IV. ANANKE.
CHAPTER V. THE TWO MEN CLOTHED IN BLACK.
CHAPTER VI. THE EFFECT WHICH SEVEN OATHS IN THE OPEN AIR CAN PRODUCE.
CHAPTER VII. THE MYSTERIOUS MONK.
CHAPTER VIII. THE UTILITY OF WINDOWS WHICH OPEN ON THE RIVER.
BOOK EIGHTH.
CHAPTER I. THE CROWN CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
CHAPTER II. CONTINUATION OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
CHAPTER III. END OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A DRY LEAF.
CHAPTER IV. LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA—LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND, YE WHO
CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER.
CHAPTER VI. THREE HUMAN HEARTS DIFFERENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
BOOK NINTH.
CHAPTER I. DELIRIUM.
CHAPTER II. HUNCHBACKED, ONE EYED, LAME.
CHAPTER III. DEAF.
CHAPTER IV. EARTHENWARE AND CRYSTAL.
CHAPTER V. THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
CHAPTER VI. CONTINUATION OF THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
BOOK TENTH.
CHAPTER I. GRINGOIRE HAS MANY GOOD IDEAS IN SUCCESSION.—RUE DES
CHAPTER II. TURN VAGABOND.
CHAPTER III. LONG LIVE MIRTH.
CHAPTER IV. AN AWKWARD FRIEND.
CHAPTER V. THE RETREAT IN WHICH MONSIEUR LOUIS OF FRANCE SAYS HIS
CHAPTER VI. LITTLE SWORD IN POCKET.
CHAPTER VII. CHATEAUPERS TO THE RESCUE.
BOOK ELEVENTH.
CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE SHOE.
CHAPTER II. THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE CLAD IN WHITE. (Dante.)
CHAPTER III. THE MARRIAGE OF PHOEBUS.
CHAPTER IV. THE MARRIAGE OF QUASIMODO.
NOTE.
POEMS
By Victor Hugo
1888
CONTENTS
ORIGINAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
MEMOIR OF VICTOR MARIE HUGO.
EARLY POEMS.
ENVY AND AVARICE.
ODES.—1818-28.
KING LOUIS XVII.
THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.
TO YE KINGS.
GENIUS.
THE GIRL OF OTAHEITE.
NERO'S INCENDIARY SONG.
REGRET.
THE MORNING OF LIFE.
BELOVED NAME.
THE PORTRAIT OF A CHILD.
BALLADES.—1823-28.
THE GRANDMOTHER
THE GIANT IN GLEE.
THE CYMBALEER'S BRIDE.
BATTLE OF THE NORSEMEN AND THE GAELS.
MADELAINE.
THE FAY AND THE PERI.
THE PERI.
LES ORIENTALES.—1829.
THE SCOURGE OF HEAVEN.
PIRATES' SONG.
THE TURKISH CAPTIVE.
MOONLIGHT ON THE BOSPHORUS.
THE VEIL.
THE SISTER
THE FAVORITE SULTANA.
THE PASHA AND THE DERVISH.
THE LOST BATTLE.
THE GREEK BOY.
ZARA, THE BATHER
EXPECTATION.
THE LOVER'S WISH.
THE SACKING OF THE CITY.
NOORMAHAL THE FAIR.{1}
THE DJINNS.
THE OBDURATE BEAUTY.
DON RODRIGO.
CORNFLOWERS.
MAZEPPA.
THE DANUBE IN WRATH.
OLD OCEAN.
MY NAPOLEON.
LES FEUILLES D'AUTOMNE.—1831.
THE PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
DICTATED BEFORE THE RHONE GLACIER.
THE POET'S LOVE FOR LIVELINESS.
INFANTILE INFLUENCE.
THE WATCHING ANGEL.
SUNSET.
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
II.
LES CHANTS DU CRÉPUSCULE.—1849.
PRELUDE TO "THE SONGS OF TWILIGHT."
THE LAND OF FABLE.
THE THREE GLORIOUS DAYS.
TRIBUTE TO THE VANQUISHED.
ANGEL OR DEMON.
THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.
MARRIAGE AND FEASTS.
THE MORROW OF GRANDEUR.
THE EAGLET MOURNED.
INVOCATION.
OUTSIDE THE BALL-ROOM.
PRAYER FOR FRANCE.
TO CANARIS, THE GREEK PATRIOT.
POLAND.
INSULT NOT THE FALLEN.
MORNING.
SONG OF LOVE.
SWEET CHARMER.{1}
MORE STRONG THAN TIME.
ROSES AND BUTTERFLIES.
THE POET TO HIS WIFE.
LES VOIX INTÉRIEURES.—1840.
THE BLINDED BOURBONS.
TO ALBERT DÃœRER.
TO HIS MUSE.
THE COW.
MOTHERS.
TO SOME BIRDS FLOWN AWAY.
MY THOUGHTS OF YE.
THE BEACON IN THE STORM.
LOVE'S TREACHEROUS POOL
THE ROSE AND THE GRAVE.
LES RAYONS ET LES OMBRES.—1840.
HOLYROOD PALACE.
THE HUMBLE HOME.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
STILL BE A CHILD.
THE POOL AND THE SOUL.
YE MARINERS WHO SPREAD YOUR SAILS.
ON A FLEMISH WINDOW-PANE.
THE PRECEPTOR.
GASTIBELZA.
GUITAR SONG.
COME WHEN I SLEEP.
EARLY LOVE REVISITED.
SWEET MEMORY OF LOVE.
THE MARBLE FAUN.
BABY'S SEASIDE GRAVE.
LES CHÂTIMENTS.—1853.
INDIGNATION!
IMPERIAL REVELS.
POOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
APOSTROPHE TO NATURE.
NAPOLEON "THE LITTLE."
FACT OR FABLE?
NO ASSASSINATION.
THE DESPATCH OF THE DOOM.
THE SEAMAN'S SONG.
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.
THE OCEAN'S SONG.
THE TRUMPETS OF THE MIND.
AFTER THE COUP D'ÊTAT.
PATRIA.{1}
THE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC.
LES CONTEMPLATIONS.—1830-56.
THE VALE TO YOU, TO ME THE HEIGHTS.
CHILDHOOD.
SATIRE ON THE EARTH.
HOW BUTTERFLIES ARE BORN.
HAVE YOU NOTHING TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?
INSCRIPTION FOR A CRUCIFIX.{1}
DEATH, IN LIFE.
THE DYING CHILD TO ITS MOTHER.
EPITAPH.
ST. JOHN.
THE POET'S SIMPLE FAITH.
LA LÉGENDE DES SIÈCLES.
CAIN.
BOAZ ASLEEP.
SONG OF THE GERMAN LANZKNECHT
KING CANUTE.
II.
THE BOY-KING'S PRAYER.
EVIRADNUS.
THE SOUDAN, THE SPHINXES, THE CUP, THE LAMP.
SEA-ADVENTURERS' SONG.
THE SWISS MERCENARIES.
THE CUP ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
HOW GOOD ARE THE POOR.
LA VOIX DE GUERNESEY.
MENTANA. {1}
LES CHANSONS DES RUES ET DES BOIS.
LOVE OF THE WOODLAND.
SHOOTING STARS.
L'ANNÉE TERRIBLE.
TO LITTLE JEANNE.
TO A SICK CHILD DURING THE SIEGE OF PARIS.
THE CARRIER PIGEON.
TOYS AND TRAGEDY.
MOURNING.
THE LESSON OF THE PATRIOT DEAD.
THE BOY ON THE BARRICADE.
TO HIS ORPHAN GRANDCHILDREN.
TO THE CANNON "VICTOR HUGO."
L'ART D'ÊTRE GRANDPÈRE.
THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
THE EPIC OF THE LION.
LES QUATRE VENTS DE L'ESPRIT.
ON HEARING THE PRINCESS ROYAL{1} SING.
MY HAPPIEST DREAM.
AN OLD-TIME LAY.
JERSEY.
THEN, MOST, I SMILE.
THE EXILE'S DESIRE.
THE REFUGEE'S HAVEN.
VARIOUS PIECES.
TO THE NAPOLEON COLUMN.
CHARITY.
SWEET SISTER.
THE PITY OF THE ANGELS.
THE SOWER.
OH, WHY NOT BE HAPPY?{1}
FREEDOM AND THE WORLD.
SERENADE.
AN AUTUMNAL SIMILE.
TO CRUEL OCEAN.
ESMERALDA IN PRISON.
LOVER'S SONG.
LORD ROCHESTER'S SONG.
THE BEGGAR'S QUATRAIN.
THE QUIET RURAL CHURCH.
DRAMATIC PIECES.
THE FATHER'S CURSE.
PATERNAL LOVE.
THE DEGENERATE GALLANTS.
THE OLD AND THE YOUNG BRIDEGROOM.
THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE.
THE LOVER'S SACRIFICE.
THE OLD MAN'S LOVE.
THE ROLL OF THE DE SILVA RACE.
THE LOVERS' COLLOQUY.
CROMWELL AND THE CROWN.
MILTON'S APPEAL TO CROMWELL.
FIRST LOVE.
THE FIRST BLACK FLAG.
THE SON IN OLD AGE.
THE EMPEROR'S RETURN.
THE HISTORY OF A CRIME
THE TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS
By Victor Hugo
Translated by T.H. JOYCE and ARTHUR LOCKER.
CONTENTS
THE FIRST DAY—THE AMBUSH.
CHAPTER I. "SECURITY"
CHAPTER II. PARIS SLEEPS—THE BELL RINGS
CHAPTER III. WHAT HAD HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IV. OTHER DOINGS OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE DARKNESS OF THE CRIME
CHAPTER VI. "PLACARDS"
CHAPTER VII. NO. 70, RUE BLANCHE
CHAPTER VIII. "VIOLATION OF THE CHAMBER"
CHAPTER IX. AN END WORSE THAN DEATH
CHAPTER X. THE BLACK DOOR
CHAPTER XI. THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII. THE MAIRIE OF THE TENTH ARRONDISSEMENT
CHAPTER XIII. LOUIS BONAPARTE'S SIDE-FACE
CHAPTER XIV. THE D'ORSAY BARRACKS
CHAPTER XV. MAZAS
CHAPTER XVI. THE EPISODE OF THE BOULEVARD ST. MARTIN
CHAPTER XVII. THE REBOUND OF THE 24TH JUNE, 1848, ON THE 2D DECEMBER, 1851
CHAPTER XVIII. THE REPRESENTATIVES HUNTED DOWN
CHAPTER XIX. ONE FOOT IN THE TOMB
CHAPTER XX. THE BURIAL OF A GREAT ANNIVERSARY
THE SECOND DAY—THE STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER I. THEY COME TO ARREST ME
CHAPTER II. FROM THE BASTILLE TO THE RUE DE COTTE
CHAPTER III. THE ST. ANTOINE BARRICADE
CHAPTER IV. THE WORKMEN'S SOCIETIES ASK US FOR THE ORDER TO FIGHT
CHAPTER V. BAUDINS'S CORPSE
CHAPTER VI. THE DECREES OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO REMAINED FREE
CHAPTER VII. THE ARCHBISHOP
CHAPTER VIII. MOUNT VALERIEN
CHAPTER IX. THE LIGHTNING BEGINS TO FLASH AMONGST THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER X. WHAT FLEURY WENT TO DO AT MAZAS
CHAPTER XI. THE END OF THE SECOND DAY
THE THIRD DAY—THE MASSACRE.
CHAPTER I. THOSE WHO SLEEP AND HE WHO DOES NOT SLEEP
CHAPTER II. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER III. INSIDE THE ELYSEE
CHAPTER IV. BONAPARTE'S FAMILIAR SPIRITS
CHAPTER V. A WAVERING ALLY
CHAPTER VI. DENIS DUSSOUBS
CHAPTER VII. ITEMS AND INTERVIEWS
CHAPTER VIII. THE SITUATION
CHAPTER IX. THE PORTE SAINT MARTIN
CHAPTER X. MY VISIT TO THE BARRICADE
CHAPTER XI. THE BARRICADE OF THE RUE MESLAY
CHAPTER XII. THE BARRICADE OF THE MAIRIE OF THE FIFTH ARRONDISSEMENT
CHAPTER VIII. THE BARRICADE OF THE RUE THEVENOT
CHAPTER XIV. OSSIAN AND SCIPIO
CHAPTER XV. THE QUESTION PRESENTS ITSELF
CHAPTER XVI. THE MASSACRE
CHAPTER XVII. THE APPOINTMENT MADE WITH THE WORKMEN'S SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XVIII. THE VERIFICATION OF MORAL LAWS
THE FOURTH DAY—THE VICTORY.
CHAPTER I. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT—THE RUE TIQUETONNE
CHAPTER II. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT—THE MARKET QUARTER
CHAPTER III. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT.—THE PETIT CARREAU
CHAPTER IV. WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE NIGHT—THE PASSAGE DU SAUMON
CHAPTER V. OTHER DEEDS OF DARKNESS
CHAPTER VI. THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
CHAPTER VII. THE OTHER LIST
CHAPTER VIII. DAVID D'ANGERS
CHAPTER IX. OUR LAST MEETING
CHAPTER X. DUTY CAN HAVE TWO ASPECTS
CHAPTER XI. THE COMBAT FINISHED, THE ORDEAL BEGINS
CHAPTER XII. THE EXILED
CHAPTER XIII. THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND THE MIXED COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER XIV. A RELIGIOUS INCIDENT
CHAPTER XV. HOW THEY CAME OUT OF HAM
CHAPTER XVI. A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER XVII. CONDUCT OF THE LEFT
CHAPTER XVIII. PAGE WRITTEN AT BRUSSELS
CHAPTER XIX. THE INFALLIBLE BENEDICTION
CONCLUSION—THE FALL.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
NAPOLEON THE LITTLE
By Victor Hugo
1909,
CONTENTS
page
BOOK I
December 20, 18481
Mission of the Representatives10
Notice of Expiration of Term12
Men Will Awaken17
Biography22
Portrait26
In Continuation of the Panegyrics35
BOOK II
The Constitution46
The Senate49
The Council of State and the Corps Législatif52
The Finances55
The Liberty of the Press57
Novelties in Respect to What Is Lawful60
The Adherents64
Meus Agitat Molem69
Omnipotence76
The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte81
Recapitulation86
BOOK III
The Crime96
The Coup d'État at Bay98
BOOK IV
The Other Crimes
Sinister Questions150
Sequel of the Crimes159
What 1802 Would Have Been175
The Jacquerie180
BOOK V
Parliamentarism
1789189
Mirabeau191
The Tribune193
The Orators196
Influence of Oratory201
What an Orator Is203
What the Tribune Accomplished205
Parliamentarism208
The Tribune Destroyed211
BOOK VI
The Absolution: First Phase
The Absolution214
The Diligence215
Scrutiny of the Vote.—A Reminder
of Principles.—Facts217
Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte229
Concession232
The Moral Side of the Question234
An Explanation for M. Bonaparte's Benefit238
Axioms244
Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself246
BOOK VII
The Absolution: Second Phase: The Oath
For an Oath, an Oath and a Half251
Difference in Price255
Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men258
Curiosities of the Business261
The 5th of April, 1852266
Everywhere the Oath272
BOOK VIII
Progress Contained in the Coup D'État
The Quantum of Good Contained in Evil275
The Four Institutions That Stand Opposed to the Republic280
Slow Movement of Normal Progress282
What an Assembly Would Have Done285
What Providence Has Done289
What the Ministers, Army, Magistracy, and Clergy Have Done291
The Form of the Government of God292
CONCLUSION—PART FIRST
Pettiness of the Master—Abjectness of the Situation
293
298
301
CONCLUSION—PART SECOND
Faith and Affliction
315
323
TOILERS OF THE SEA
By Victor Hugo
CONTENTS
PART I
SIEUR CLUBIN
Book I.—The History of a Bad Reputation
CHAP. PAGE
I. A Word written on a White Page 1
II. The Bû de la Rue 3
III. For your Wife: when you Marry 7
IV. An Unpopular Man 9
V. More Suspicious Facts about Gilliatt 18
VI. The Dutch Sloop 20
VII. A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House 25
VIII. The Gild-Holm-'Ur Seat 27
Book II.—Mess Lethierry
I. A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience 30
II. A Certain Predilection 32
III. The Old Sea Language 33
IV. One is Vulnerable where one Loves 35
Book III.—Durande and Déruchette
I. Prattle and Smoke 37
II. The Old Story of Utopia 39
III. Rantaine 41
IV. Continuation of the Story of Utopia 44
V. The Devil Boat 46
VI. Lethierry's Exaltation 50
VII. The same Godfather and the same Patron Saint 52
VIII. "Bonnie Dundee" 54
IX. The Man who discovered Rantaine's Character 57
X. Long Yarns 58
XI. Matrimonial Prospects 60
XII. An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry 61
XIII. Thoughtlessness adds a Grace to Beauty 65
Book IV.—The Bagpipe
I. Streaks of Fire on the Horizon 67
II. The Unknown unfolds itself by Degrees 69
III. The Air "Bonnie Dundee" finds an Echo on the Hill 71
IV. "A serenade by night may please a lady fair,
But of uncle and of guardian let the troubadour beware."
Unpublished Comedy 72
V. A Deserved Success has always its Detractors 74
VI. The Sloop Cashmere saves a Shipwrecked Crew 75
VII. How an Idler had the Good Fortune to be seen by a Fisherman 77
Book V.—The Revolver
I. Conversations at the Jean Auberge 80
II. Clubin observes Someone 86
III. Clubin carries away Something and brings back Nothing 88
IV. Pleinmont 91
V. The Birds'-nesters 96
VI. The Jacressade 108
VII. Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers 114
VIII. A "Cannon" off the Red Ball and the Black 117
IX. Useful Information for Persons who expect or fear the Arrival of Letters from beyond Sea 125
Book VI.—The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
I. The Douvres 130
II. An Unexpected Flask of Brandy 132
III. Conversations interrupted 135
IV. Captain Clubin displays all his great Qualities 142
V. Clubin reaches the Crowning-point of Glory 147
VI. The Interior of an Abyss suddenly revealed 151
VII. An Unexpected Dénouement 158
Book VII.—The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
I. The Pearl at the Foot of a Precipice 162
II. Much Astonishment on the Western Coast 169
III. A Quotation from the Bible 173
PART II
MALICIOUS GILLIATT
Book I.—The Rock
I. The Place which is difficult to reach, and difficult to leave 181
II. A Catalogue of Disasters 186
III. Sound; but not Safe 188
IV. A Preliminary Survey 190
V. A Word upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements 192
VI. A Stable for the Horse 196
VII. A Chamber for the Voyager 198
VIII. Importunæque Volucres 205
IX. The Rock, and how Gilliatt used it 207
X. The Forge 210
XI. Discovery 214
XII. The Interior of an Edifice under the Sea 217
XIII. What was seen there; and what perceived dimly 219
Book II.—The Labour
I. The Resources of one who has nothing 225
II. Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus meet 227
III. Gilliatt's Masterpiece comes to the Rescue of that of Lethierry 229
IV. Sub Re 232
V. Sub Umbra 237
VI. Gilliatt places the Sloop in readiness 242
VII. Sudden Danger 244
VIII. Movement rather than Progress 247
IX. A Slip between Cup and Lip 250
X. Sea-warnings 252
XI. A Word to the Wise is enough 255
Book III.—The Struggle
I. Extremes meet 258
II. The Ocean Winds 259
III. The Noises explained 262
IV. Turba Turma 265
V. Gilliatt's Alternatives 267
VI. The Combat 268
Book IV.—Pitfalls in the Way
I. He who is Hungry is not Alone 280
II. The Monster 296
III. Another Kind of Sea-combat 297
IV. Nothing is hidden; Nothing lost 299
V. The Fatal Difference between Six Inches and Two Feet 302
VI. De Profundis ad Altum 306
VII. The Appeal is heard 311
PART III
DÉRUCHETTE
Book I.—Night and the Moon
I. The Harbour Bell 315
II. The Harbour Bell again 327
Book II.—Gratitude and Despotism
I. Joy surrounded by Tortures 335
II. The Leathern Trunk 343
Book III.—The Departure of the "Cashmere"
I. The Havelet near the Church 346
II. Despair confronts Despair 348
III. The Forethought of Self-sacrifice 355
IV. For your Wife: when you Marry 359
V. The Great Tomb 362
THE DRAMAS OF VICTOR HUGO
MARY TUDOR
MARION DE LORME
ESMERALDA
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CONTENTS
Mary Tudor
Marion de Lorme
Esmeralda
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Rendezvous Frontispiece
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