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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO



Compiled by David Widger

HUGO






CONTENTS

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##  LES MISÉRABLES

##  THE MEMOIRS OF VICTOR HUGO

##  NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS

##  POEMS

##  HISTORY OF A CRIME

##  NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

##  TOILERS OF THE SEA

##  DRAMAS

UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE








TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES



LES MISÉRABLES

By Victor Hugo


Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood



Copyright 1887



CONTENTS

LES MISÉRABLES

VOLUME I.—FANTINE.

PREFACE

BOOK FIRST—A JUST MAN
BOOK SECOND—THE FALL
BOOK THIRD.—IN THE YEAR 1817
BOOK FOURTH.—TO CONFIDE IS SOMETIMES TO DELIVER INTO A PERSON’S POWER
BOOK FIFTH.—THE DESCENT.
BOOK SIXTH.—JAVERT
BOOK SEVENTH.—THE CHAMPMATHIEU AFFAIR
BOOK EIGHTH.—A COUNTER-BLOW


VOLUME II.—COSETTE

BOOK FIRST.—WATERLOO

BOOK SECOND.—THE SHIP ORION
BOOK THIRD.—ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE TO THE DEAD WOMAN
BOOK FOURTH.—THE GORBEAU HOVEL
BOOK FIFTH.—FOR A BLACK HUNT, A MUTE PACK
BOOK SIXTH.—LE PETIT-PICPUS
BOOK SEVENTH.—PARENTHESIS
BOOK EIGHTH.—CEMETERIES TAKE THAT WHICH IS COMMITTED THEM


VOLUME III—MARIUS.

BOOK FIRST.—PARIS STUDIED IN ITS ATOM
BOOK SECOND.—THE GREAT BOURGEOIS
BOOK THIRD.—THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON
BOOK FOURTH.—THE FRIENDS OF THE A B C
BOOK FIFTH.—THE EXCELLENCE OF MISFORTUNE
BOOK SIXTH.—THE CONJUNCTION OF TWO STARS
BOOK SEVENTH.—PATRON MINETTE
BOOK EIGHTH.—THE WICKED POOR MAN


VOLUME IV.—SAINT-DENIS.

BOOK FIRST.—A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY
BOOK SECOND.—ÉPONINE
BOOK THIRD.—THE HOUSE IN THE RUE PLUMET
BOOK FOURTH.—SUCCOR FROM BELOW MAY TURN OUT TO BE SUCCOR FROM ON HIGH
BOOK FIFTH.—THE END OF WHICH DOES NOT RESEMBLE THE BEGINNING
BOOK SIXTH.—LITTLE GAVROCHE
BOOK SEVENTH.—SLANG
BOOK EIGHTH.—ENCHANTMENTS AND DESOLATIONS
BOOK NINTH.—WHITHER ARE THEY GOING?
BOOK TENTH.—THE 5TH OF JUNE, 1832
BOOK ELEVENTH.—THE ATOM FRATERNIZES WITH THE HURRICANE
BOOK TWELFTH.—CORINTHE
BOOK THIRTEENTH.—MARIUS ENTERS THE SHADOW
BOOK FOURTEENTH.—THE GRANDEURS OF DESPAIR
BOOK FIFTEENTH.—THE RUE DE L’HOMME ARMÉ


VOLUME V—JEAN VALJEAN

BOOK FIRST.—THE WAR BETWEEN FOUR WALLS
BOOK SECOND.—THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN
BOOK THIRD.—MUD BUT THE SOUL
BOOK FOURTH.—JAVERT DERAILED
BOOK FIFTH.—GRANDSON AND GRANDFATHER
BOOK SIXTH.—THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT
BOOK SEVENTH.—THE LAST DRAUGHT FROM THE CUP
BOOK EIGHTH.—FADING AWAY OF THE TWILIGHT
BOOK NINTH.—SUPREME SHADOW, SUPREME DAWN
LETTER TO M. DAELLI

FOOTNOTES:






List of Illustrations

Bookshelf

Bookcover

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 DÜRER.

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

  1. December 20, 18481
  2. Mission of the Representatives10
  3. Notice of Expiration of Term12
  4. Men Will Awaken17
  5. Biography22
  6. Portrait26
  7. In Continuation of the Panegyrics35


BOOK II

  1. The Constitution46
  2. The Senate49
  3. The Council of State and the Corps Législatif52
  4. The Finances55
  5. The Liberty of the Press57
  6. Novelties in Respect to What Is Lawful60
  7. The Adherents64
  8. Meus Agitat Molem69
  9. Omnipotence76
  10. The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte81
  11. Recapitulation86


BOOK III

  1. The Crime96
  2. The Coup d'État at Bay98


BOOK IV
The Other Crimes

  1. Sinister Questions150
  2. Sequel of the Crimes159
  3. What 1802 Would Have Been175
  4. The Jacquerie180


BOOK V
Parliamentarism

  1. 1789189
  2. Mirabeau191
  3. The Tribune193
  4. The Orators196
  5. Influence of Oratory201
  6. What an Orator Is203
  7. What the Tribune Accomplished205
  8. Parliamentarism208
  9. The Tribune Destroyed211


BOOK VI
The Absolution: First Phase

  1. The Absolution214
  2. The Diligence215
  3. Scrutiny of the Vote.—A Reminder
    of Principles.—Facts217
  4. Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte229
  5. Concession232
  6. The Moral Side of the Question234
  7. An Explanation for M. Bonaparte's Benefit238
  8. Axioms244
  9. Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself246


BOOK VII
The Absolution: Second Phase: The Oath

  1. For an Oath, an Oath and a Half251
  2. Difference in Price255
  3. Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men258
  4. Curiosities of the Business261
  5. The 5th of April, 1852266
  6. Everywhere the Oath272


BOOK VIII
Progress Contained in the Coup D'État

  1. The Quantum of Good Contained in Evil275
  2. The Four Institutions That Stand Opposed to the Republic280
  3. Slow Movement of Normal Progress282
  4. What an Assembly Would Have Done285
  5. What Providence Has Done289
  6. What the Ministers, Army, Magistracy, and Clergy Have Done291
  7. The Form of the Government of God292


CONCLUSION—PART FIRST
Pettiness of the Master—Abjectness of the Situation

  1.   293
  2.   298
  3.   301


CONCLUSION—PART SECOND
Faith and Affliction

  1.   315
  2.   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 Page1
II.The Bû de la Rue3
III.For your Wife: when you Marry7
IV.An Unpopular Man9
V.More Suspicious Facts about Gilliatt18
VI.The Dutch Sloop20
VII.A Fit Tenant for a Haunted House25
VIII.The Gild-Holm-'Ur Seat27

Book II.—Mess Lethierry
I.A Troubled Life, but a Quiet Conscience30
II.A Certain Predilection32
III.The Old Sea Language33
IV.One is Vulnerable where one Loves35

Book III.—Durande and Déruchette
I.Prattle and Smoke37
II.The Old Story of Utopia39
III.Rantaine41
IV.Continuation of the Story of Utopia44
V.The Devil Boat46
VI.Lethierry's Exaltation50
VII.The same Godfather and the same Patron Saint52
VIII."Bonnie Dundee"54
IX.The Man who discovered Rantaine's Character57
X.Long Yarns58
XI.Matrimonial Prospects60
XII.An Anomaly in the Character of Lethierry61
XIII.Thoughtlessness adds a Grace to Beauty65

Book IV.—The Bagpipe
I.Streaks of Fire on the Horizon67
II.The Unknown unfolds itself by Degrees69
III.The Air "Bonnie Dundee" finds an Echo on the Hill71
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 Detractors74
VI.The Sloop Cashmere saves a Shipwrecked Crew75
VII.How an Idler had the Good Fortune to be seen by a Fisherman77

Book V.—The Revolver
I.Conversations at the Jean Auberge80
II.Clubin observes Someone86
III.Clubin carries away Something and brings back Nothing88
IV.Pleinmont91
V.The Birds'-nesters96
VI.The Jacressade108
VII.Nocturnal Buyers and Mysterious Sellers114
VIII.A "Cannon" off the Red Ball and the Black117
IX.Useful Information for Persons who expect or fear the Arrival of Letters from beyond Sea125

Book VI.—The Drunken Steersman and the Sober Captain
I.The Douvres130
II.An Unexpected Flask of Brandy132
III.Conversations interrupted135
IV.Captain Clubin displays all his great Qualities142
V.Clubin reaches the Crowning-point of Glory147
VI.The Interior of an Abyss suddenly revealed151
VII.An Unexpected Dénouement158

Book VII.—The Danger of Opening a Book at Random
I.The Pearl at the Foot of a Precipice162
II.Much Astonishment on the Western Coast169
III.A Quotation from the Bible173
PART II
MALICIOUS GILLIATT
Book I.—The Rock
I.The Place which is difficult to reach, and difficult to leave181
II.A Catalogue of Disasters186
III.Sound; but not Safe188
IV.A Preliminary Survey190
V.A Word upon the Secret Co-operations of the Elements192
VI.A Stable for the Horse196
VII.A Chamber for the Voyager198
VIII.Importunæque Volucres205
IX.The Rock, and how Gilliatt used it207
X.The Forge210
XI.Discovery214
XII.The Interior of an Edifice under the Sea217
XIII.What was seen there; and what perceived dimly219

Book II.—The Labour
I.The Resources of one who has nothing225
II.Wherein Shakespeare and Æschylus meet227
III.Gilliatt's Masterpiece comes to the Rescue of that of Lethierry229
IV.Sub Re232
V.Sub Umbra237
VI.Gilliatt places the Sloop in readiness242
VII.Sudden Danger244
VIII.Movement rather than Progress247
IX.A Slip between Cup and Lip250
X.Sea-warnings252
XI.A Word to the Wise is enough255

Book III.—The Struggle
I.Extremes meet258
II.The Ocean Winds259
III.The Noises explained262
IV.Turba Turma265
V.Gilliatt's Alternatives267
VI.The Combat268

Book IV.—Pitfalls in the Way
I.He who is Hungry is not Alone280
II.The Monster296
III.Another Kind of Sea-combat297
IV.Nothing is hidden; Nothing lost299
V.The Fatal Difference between Six Inches and Two Feet302
VI.De Profundis ad Altum306
VII.The Appeal is heard311
PART III
DÉRUCHETTE
Book I.—Night and the Moon
I.The Harbour Bell315
II.The Harbour Bell again327

Book II.—Gratitude and Despotism
I.Joy surrounded by Tortures335
II.The Leathern Trunk343

Book III.—The Departure of the "Cashmere"
I.The Havelet near the Church346
II.Despair confronts Despair348
III.The Forethought of Self-sacrifice355
IV.For your Wife: when you Marry359
V.The Great Tomb362

THE DRAMAS OF VICTOR HUGO

MARY TUDOR
MARION DE LORME
ESMERALDA

Profusely Illustrated with Elegant
Wood Engravings

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