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THE IMMORTALS,

MASTERPIECES OF FICTION

CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY

With a General Introduction to the Series by GASTON BOISSIER,

Secretaire Perpetuel de l'academie Francaise.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES

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##  SERGE PANINE, By Georges Ohnet

##  THE RED LILY, By Anatole France

##  MONSIEUR, MADAME AND BEBE, By Gustave Droz

##  PRINCE ZILAH, By Jules Claretie

##  ZIBELINE, By Philippe De Massa

##  A WOODLAND QUEEN ('Reine des Bois'), By Andre Theuriet

##  CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, By Alfred de Musset

##  MONSIEUR DE CAMORS, By Octave Feuillet

##  CINQ MARS, By Alfred De Vigny

##  THE ABBE CONSTANTIN, By Ludovic Halevy

##  A ROMANCE OF YOUTH, By Francois Coppee

##  COSMOPOLIS, By Paul Bourget

##  JACQUELINE, By (Mme. Blanc) Therese Bentzon

##  THE INK STAIN (Tache d'Encre), By Rene Bazin

##  FROMONT AND RISLER, By Alphonse Daudet

##  GERFAUT, By Charles de Bernard

##  CONSCIENCE, By Hector Malot

##  MADAME CHRYSANTHEME, By Pierre Loti

##  AN "ATTIC" PHILOSOPHER, By Emile Souvestre

ALL BOOKS and CHAPTERS

SERGE PANINE

By Georges Ohnet

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE HOUSE OF DESVARENNES

CHAPTER II.

THE GALLEY-SLAVE OF PLEASURE

CHAPTER III.

PIERRE RETURNS

CHAPTER IV.

THE RIVALS

CHAPTER V.

A CRITICAL INTERVIEW

CHAPTER VI.

A SIGNIFICANT MEETING

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VII.

JEANNE'S SECRET

CHAPTER VIII.

A PLEASANT UNDERSTANDING

CHAPTER IX.

THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER X.

CAYROL'S DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XI.

CONFESSION

CHAPTER XII.

THE FETE

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FIRST BREAK

CHAPTER XIV.

A SUDDEN JOURNEY

CHAPTER XV.

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XVI.

THE TELLTALE KISS

CHAPTER XVII.

CAYROL IS BLIND

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY

CHAPTER XIX.

SIN GROWS BOLDER

CHAPTER XX.

THE CRISIS

CHAPTER XXI.

"WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT"

CHAPTER XXII.

THE MOTHER'S REVENGE

THE RED LILY

By Anatole France

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

"I NEED LOVE"

CHAPTER II.

"ONE CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE YOUNG!"

CHAPTER III.

A DISCUSSION ON THE LITTLE CORPORAL

CHAPTER IV.

THE END OF A DREAM

CHAPTER V.

A DINNER 'EN FAMILLE'

CHAPTER VI.

A DISTINGUISHED RELICT

CHAPTER VII.

MADAME HAS HER WAY

CHAPTER VIII.

THE LADY OF THE BELLS

CHAPTER IX.

CHOULETTE FINDS A NEW FRIEND

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER X.

DECHARTRE ARRIVES IN FLORENCE

CHAPTER XI.

"THE DAWN OF FAITH AND LOVE"

CHAPTER XII.

HEARTS AWAKENED

CHAPTER XIII.

"YOU MUST TAKE ME WITH MY OWN SOUL!"

CHAPTER XIV.

THE AVOWAL

CHAPTER XV.

THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER

CHAPTER XVI.

"TO-MORROW?"

CHAPTER XVII.

MISS BELL ASKS A QUESTION

CHAPTER XVIII.

"I KISS YOUR FEET BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME!"

CHAPTER XIX.

CHOULETTE TAKES A JOURNEY

CHAPTER XX.

WHAT IS FRANKNESS?

CHAPTER XXI.

"I NEVER HAVE LOVED ANY ONE BUT YOU!"

CHAPTER XXII.

A MEETING AT THE STATION

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XXIII.

"ONE IS NEVER KIND WHEN ONE IS IN LOVE"

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHOULETTE'S AMBITION

CHAPTER XXV.

"WE ARE ROBBING LIFE"

CHAPTER XXVI.

IN DECHARTRE'S STUDIO

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE PRIMROSE PATH

CHAPTER XXVIII.

NEWS OF LE MENIL

CHAPTER XXIX.

JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XXX.

A LETTER FROM ROBERT

CHAPTER XXXI.

AN UNWELCOME APPARITION

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE RED LILY

CHAPTER XXXIII.

A WHITE NIGHT

CHAPTER XXXIV.

"I SEE THE OTHER WITH YOU ALWAYS!"

CHAPTER XXIII.

"ONE IS NEVER KIND WHEN ONE IS IN LOVE"

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHOULETTE'S AMBITION

CHAPTER XXV.

"WE ARE ROBBING LIFE"

CHAPTER XXVI.

IN DECHARTRE'S STUDIO

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE PRIMROSE PATH

CHAPTER XXVIII.

NEWS OF LE MENIL

CHAPTER XXIX.

JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XXX.

A LETTER FROM ROBERT

CHAPTER XXXI.

AN UNWELCOME APPARITION

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE RED LILY

CHAPTER XXXIII.

A WHITE NIGHT

CHAPTER XXXIV.

"I SEE THE OTHER WITH YOU ALWAYS!"

MONSIEUR, MADAME AND BEBE

By Gustave Droz

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

MY FIRST SUPPER PARTY

CHAPTER II.

THE SOUL IN AGONY. TO MONSIEUR CLAUDE DE L————

CHAPTER III.

MADAME DE K.

CHAPTER IV.

SOUVENIRS OF LENT

CHAPTER V.

MADAME AND HER FRIEND CHAT BY THE FIRESIDE

CHAPTER VI.

A DREAM

CHAPTER VII.

AN EMBASSY BALL

CHAPTER VIII.

MY AUNT AS VENUS

CHAPTER IX.

HUSBAND AND WIFE MY DEAR SISTERS:

CHAPTER X.

MADAME'S IMPRESSIONS

CHAPTER XI.

A WEDDING NIGHT

CHAPTER XII.

THE HONEYMOON

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK

CHAPTER XIV.

THE BLUE NOTE-BOOK AGAIN

CHAPTER XV.

MY WIFE GOES TO A DANCE

CHAPTER XVI.

A FALSE ALARM

CHAPTER XVII.

I SUP WITH MY WIFE

CHAPTER XVIII.

FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER

CHAPTER XIX.

A LITTLE CHAT

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XX.

THE HOT-WATER BOTTLE

CHAPTER XXI.

A LONGING

CHAPTER XXII.

FAMILY LIFE

CHAPTER XXIII.

NEW YEAR'S DAY

CHAPTER XXIV.

LETTERS OF A YOUNG MOTHER TO HER FRIEND

CHAPTER XXV.

FOUR YEARS LATER

CHAPTER XXVI.

OLD RECOLLECTIONS

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE LITTLE BOOTS

CHAPTER XXVIII.

BABIES AND PAPAS

CHAPTER XXIX.

HIS FIRST BREECHES

CHAPTER XXX.

COUNTRY CHILDREN

CHAPTER XXXI.

AUTUMN

CHAPTER XXXII.

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FORTY NOW

CHAPTER XXXIII.

CONVALESCENCE

CHAPTER XXXIV.

FAMILY TIES

PRINCE ZILAH

By Jules Claretie

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE BETROTHAL FETE

CHAPTER II.

THE BARONESS'S MATCHMAKING

CHAPTER III.

THE STORY OF THE ZILAHS

CHAPTER IV.

"WHEN HUNGARY IS FREE!"

CHAPTER V.

"MY FATHER WAS A RUSSIAN!"

CHAPTER VI.

A GYPSY PRINCESS

CHAPTER VII.

THE STORY OF MARSA

CHAPTER VIII.

"HAVE I NO RIGHT TO BE HAPPY"

CHAPTER IX.

"O LIBERTY! O LOVE! THESE TWO I NEED!"

CHAPTER X.

"IS FATE SO JUST?"

CHAPTER XI.

A RIVER FETE

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER XII.

A DARK PAGE

CHAPTER XIII.

"MY LETTERS OR MYSELF"

CHAPTER XIV.

"HAVE I THE RIGHT TO LIE?"

CHAPTER XV.

"AS CLINGS THE LEAF UNTO THE TREE"

CHAPTER XVI.

"IT IS A MAN THEY ARE DEVOURING!"

CHAPTER XVII.

MARSA'S GUARDIANS

CHAPTER XVIII.

"THERE IS NO NEED OF ACCUSING ANYONE."

CHAPTER XIX.

"A BEAUTIFUL DREAM"

CHAPTER XX.

THE BRIDAL DAY

CHAPTER XXI.

"THE TZIGANA IS THE MOST LOVED OF ALL!"

CHAPTER XXII.

A DREAM SHATTERED

CHAPTER XXIII.

"THE WORLD HOLDS BUT ONE FAIR MAIDEN"

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XXIV.

A LITTLE PARISIAN ROMANCE

CHAPTER XXV.

THE HOME OF "PUCK"

CHAPTER XXVI.

"AM I AVENGED?"

CHAPTER XXVII.

"WHAT MATTERS IT HOW MUCH WE SUFFER?"

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE STRICKEN SOUL

CHAPTER XXIX.

"LET THE DEAD PAST BURY ITS DEAD"

CHAPTER XXX.

"TO SEEK FORGETFULNESS"

CHAPTER XXXI.

"IF MENKO WERE DEAD!"

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE VALE OF VIOLETS

CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE DUEL

CHAPTER XXXIV.

A NEW LIFE

ZIBELINE

By Philippe De Massa

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

LES FRERES-PROVENCAUX

CHAPTER II.

BIRDS OF PREY

CHAPTER III.

THE GAME

CHAPTER IV.

THE RESULT

CHAPTER V.

A DESPERATE RESOLUTION

CHAPTER VI.

THE FAREWELL

CHAPTER VII.

THE VOW

CHAPTER VIII.

IN SEARCH OF GLORY

CHAPTER IX.

THE BOIS DE BOULOGNE

CHAPTER X.

GENERAL DE PREROLLES

CHAPTER XI.

EUGENIE GONTIER

CHAPTER XII.

RIVAL BEAUTIES

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER XIII.

THE INDUSTRIAL ORPHAN ASYLUM

CHAPTER XIV.

A WOMAN'S INSTINCT

CHAPTER XV.

DEFIANCE OF MRS. GRUNDY

CHAPTER XVI.

FRATERNAL ADVICE

CHAPTER XVII.

THE LADY BOUNTIFUL

CHAPTER XVIII.

A MODERN TARTUFE

CHAPTER XIX.

BROKEN TIES

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XX.

ZIBELINE RECEIVES

CHAPTER XXI.

A DASHING AMAZON

CHAPTER XXII.

AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE MILITARY REVIEW

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER XXV.

THE AMAZON HAS A FALL

CHAPTER XXVI.

AN UNCONSCIOUS AVOWAL

CHAPTER XXVII.

DISTRACTION

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE VOW REDEEMED

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE MARQUISE DE PREROLLES

A WOODLAND QUEEN

('Reine des Bois')

By Andre Theuriet

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE UNFINISHED WILL

CHAPTER II.

THE HEIR TO VIVEY

CHAPTER III.

CONSCIENCE HIGHER THAN THE LAW

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER IV.

THE DAWN OF LOVE

CHAPTER V.

LOVE'S INDISCRETION

CHAPTER VI.

LOVE BY PROXY

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER VII.

THE STRANGE, DARK SECRET

CHAPTER VIII.

LOVE'S SAD ENDING

CHAPTER IX.

LOVE HEALS THE BROKEN HEART

CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY

(Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle)

By Alfred de Musset

BOOK 1.

PART I.

CHAPTER I.

TO THE READER

CHAPTER II.

REFLECTIONS

CHAPTER III.

THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER IV.

THE PATH OF DESPAIR

CHAPTER V.

A PHILOSOPHER'S ADVICE

CHAPTER VI.

MADAME LEVASSEUR

CHAPTER VII.

THE WISDOM OF SIRACH

CHAPTER VIII.

THE SEARCH FOR HEALING

CHAPTER IX.

BACCHUS, THE CONSOLER

PART II.

CHAPTER I.

AT THE CROSSWAYS

CHAPTER II.

THE CHOSEN WAY

CHAPTER III.

AFRICAN HOSPITALITY

CHAPTER IV.

MARCO

CHAPTER V.

SATIETY

BOOK 2.

PART III.

CHAPTER I.

DEATH, THE INEVITABLE

CHAPTER II.

THE BALM OF SOLITUDE

CHAPTER III.

BRIGITTE

CHAPTER IV.

RIPENING ACQUAINTANCE

CHAPTER V.

AN INTERVIEW

CHAPTER VI.

THE RUGGED PATH OF LOVE

CHAPTER VII.

THE VENUSBERG AGAIN

PART IV.

CHAPTER I.

THE THORNS OF LOVE

CHAPTER II.

UNCERTAINTY

CHAPTER III.

EXPLANATIONS

CHAPTER IV.

BRIGITTE'S LOSS

CHAPTER V.

A TORTURED SOUL

BOOK 3.

PART V.

CHAPTER I.

SWEET ANTICIPATIONS

CHAPTER II.

THE DEMON OF DOUBT

CHAPTER III.

THE QUESTION OF SMITH

CHAPTER IV.

IN THE FURNACE

CHAPTER V.

TRUTH AT LAST

CHAPTER VI.

SELF-SACRIFICE THE SOLUTION

MONSIEUR DE CAMORS

By Octave Feuillet

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

"THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH"

CHAPTER II.

FRUIT FROM THE HOTBED OF PARIS

CHAPTER III.

DEBRIS FROM THE REVOLUTION

CHAPTER IV.

A NEW ACTRESS IN A NOVEL ROLE

CHAPTER V.

THE COUNT LOSES A LADY AND FINDS A MISSION

CHAPTER VI.

THE OLD DOMAIN OF REUILLY

CHAPTER VII.

ELISE DE TECLE

CHAPTER VIII.

A DISH OF POLITICS

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER IX.

LOVE CONQUERS PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER X.

THE PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XI.

NEW MAN OF THE NEW EMPIRE

CHAPTER XII.

CIRCE

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FIRST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XIV.

AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XV.

THE COUNTESS DE CAMORS

CHAPTER XVI.

THE REPTILE STRIVES TO CLIMB

CHAPTER XVII.

LIGHTNING FROM A CLEAR SKY

CHAPTER XVIII.

ONE GLEAM OF HOPE

CHAPTER XIX.

THE REPTILE TURNS TO STING

CHAPTER XX.

THE SECOND ACT OF THE TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XXI.

THE FEATHER IN THE BALANCE

CHAPTER XXII.

THE CURTAIN FALLS

CINQ MARS

By Alfred De Vigny

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE ADIEU

CHAPTER II.

THE STREET

CHAPTER III.

THE GOOD PRIEST

CHAPTER IV.

THE TRIAL

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER V.

THE MARTYRDOM

CHAPTER VI.

THE DREAM

CHAPTER VII.

THE CABINET

CHAPTER VIII.

THE INTERVIEW

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER IX.

THE SIEGE

CHAPTER X.

THE RECOMPENSE

CHAPTER XI.

THE BLUNDERS

CHAPTER XII.

THE NIGHT-WATCH

CHAPTER XIII.

THE SPANIARD

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE RIOT

CHAPTER XV.

THE ALCOVE

CHAPTER XVI.

THE CONFUSION

CHAPTER XVII.

TOILETTE

BOOK 5.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE SECRET

CHAPTER XIX.

THE HUNTING PARTY

CHAPTER XX.

THE READING

CHAPTER XXI.

THE CONFESSIONAL

BOOK 6.

CHAPTER XXII.

THE STORM

CHAPTER XXIII.

ABSENCE

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE WORK

CHAPTER XXV.

THE PRISONERS

CHAPTER XXVI.

THE FETE

THE ABBE CONSTANTIN

By Ludovic Halevy

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE SALE OF LONGUEVAL

CHAPTER II.

THE NEW CHATELAINE

CHAPTER III.

DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER IV.

A RIOT OF CHARITY

CHAPTER V.

THE FAIR AMERICANS

CHAPTER VI.

A LITTLE DINNER FOR FOUR

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER VII.

CONFIDENCES

CHAPTER VIII.

ANOTHER MARTYR TO MILLIONS

CHAPTER IX.

THE REWARD OF TENDER COURAGE

A ROMANCE OF YOUTH

By Francois Coppee

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

ON THE BALCONY

CHAPTER II.

SAD CHANGES

CHAPTER III.

PAPA AND MAMMA GERARD

CHAPTER IV.

THE DEMON ABSINTHE

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER V.

AMEDEE MAKES FRIENDS

CHAPTER VI.

DREAMS OF LOVE

CHAPTER VII.

A GENTLE COUNSELLOR

CHAPTER VIII.

BUTTERFLIES AND GRASSHOPPERS

CHAPTER IX.

THORNS OF JEALOUSY

CHAPTER X.

A BUDDING POET

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XI.

SUCCESS

CHAPTER XII.

SOCIAL TRIUMPHS

CHAPTER XIII.

A SERPENT AT THE FIRESIDE

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XIV.

TOO LATE!

CHAPTER XV.

REPARATION

CHAPTER XVI.

IN TIME OF WAR

CHAPTER XVII.

"WHEN YOUTH, THE DREAM, DEPARTS"

COSMOPOLIS

By Paul Bourget

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

A DILETTANTE AND A BELIEVER

CHAPTER II.

THE BEGINNING OF A DRAMA

CHAPTER III.

BOLESLAS GORKA

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER IV.

APPROACHING DANGER

CHAPTER V.

COUNTESS STENO

CHAPTER VI.

THE INCONSISTENCY OF AN OLD CHOUAN

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER VII.

A LITTLE RELATIVE OF IAGO

CHAPTER VIII.

ON THE GROUND

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER IX.

LUCID ALBA

CHAPTER X.

COMMON MISERY

CHAPTER XI.

THE LAKE DI PORTO

CHAPTER XII.

EPILOGUE

JACQUELINE

By (Mme. Blanc) Therese Bentzon

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

A PARISIENNE'S "AT HOME"

CHAPTER II.

A CLEVER STEPMOTHER

CHAPTER III.

THE FRIEND OF THE FAY

CHAPTER IV.

A DANGEROUS MODEL

CHAPTER V.

SURPRISES

CHAPTER VI.

A CONVENT FLOWER

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VII.

THE BLUE BAND

CHAPTER VIII.

A PUZZLING CORRESPONDENCE

CHAPTER IX.

BEAUTY AT THE FAIR

CHAPTER X.

GISELLE'S CONSOLATION

CHAPTER XI.

FRED ASKS A QUESTION

CHAPTER XII.

A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY

CHAPTER XIII.

THE STORM BREAKS

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XIV.

BITTER DISILLUSION

CHAPTER XV.

TREACHEROUS KINDNESS

CHAPTER XVI.

THE SAILOR'S RETURN

CHAPTER XVII.

TWIN DEVILS

CHAPTER XVIII.

"AN AFFAIR OF HONOR"

CHAPTER XIX.

GENTLE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER XX.

A CHIVALROUS SOUL

THE INK STAIN

(Tache d'Encre)

By Rene Bazin

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE ACCIDENT

CHAPTER II.

THE JUNIAN LATINS

CHAPTER III.

AN APOLOGY

CHAPTER IV.

THE STORY OF SYLVESTRE

CHAPTER V.

A FRUITLESS SEARCH

CHAPTER VI.

THE FLOWER-SHOW

CHAPTER VII.

A WOODLAND SKETCH

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VIII.

JOY AND MADNESS

CHAPTER IX.

A VISIT FROM MY UNCLE

CHAPTER X.

A FAMILY BREACH

CHAPTER XI.

IN THE BEATEN PATH

CHAPTER XII.

I GO TO ITALY

CHAPTER XIII.

STARTLING NEWS FROM SYLVESTRE

CHAPTER XIV.

A SURPRISING ENCOUNTER

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XV.

BACK TO PARIS

CHAPTER XVI.

A FISHING-TRIP AND AN OLD FRIEND

CHAPTER XVII.

PLEASURES OF EAVESDROPPING

CHAPTER XVIII.

A COOL RECEPTION

CHAPTER XIX.

JEANNE THE ENCHANTRESS

CHAPTER XX.

A HAPPY FAMILY

FROMONT AND RISLER

By Alphonse Daudet

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

A WEDDING-PARTY AT THE CAFE VEFOUR

CHAPTER II.

LITTLE CHEBE'S STORY

CHAPTER III.

THE FALSE PEARLS

CHAPTER IV.

THE GLOW-WORMS OF SAVIGNY

CHAPTER V.

HOW LITTLE CHEBE'S STORY ENDED

CHAPTER VI.

NOON—THE MARAIS IS BREAKFASTING

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VII.

THE TRUE PEARL AND THE FALSE

CHAPTER VIII.

THE BREWERY ON THE RUE BLONDEL

CHAPTER IX.

AT SAVIGNY

CHAPTER X.

SIGISMOND PLANUS TREMBLES FOR HIS CASH-BOX

CHAPTER XI.

THE INVENTORY

CHAPTER XII.

A LETTER

CHAPTER XIII.

THE JUDGE

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XIV.

EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XV.

POOR LITTLE MAM'ZELLE ZIZI

CHAPTER XVI.

THE WAITING-ROOM

CHAPTER XVII.

AN ITEM OF NEWS

CHAPTER XVIII.

SHE PROMISED NOT TO TRY AGAIN

CHAPTER XIX.

APPROACHING CLOUDS

CHAPTER XX.

REVELATIONS

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XXI.

THE DAY OF RECKONING

CHAPTER XXII.

THE NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE OF FROMONT

CHAPTER XXIII.

CAFE CHANTANT

CHAPTER XXIV.

SIDONIE'S VENGEANCE

GERFAUT

By Charles de Bernard

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE TRAVELLER

CHAPTER II.

THE CASTLE OF BERGENHEIM

CHAPTER III.

A DIVIDED HOUSEHOLD

CHAPTER IV.

THE GALLANT IN THE GARDEN

CHAPTER V.

ART AND MUSIC

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VI.

GERFAUT'S STORY

CHAPTER VII.

GERFAUT ASKS A FAVOR

CHAPTER VIII.

A LOVER'S RUSE

CHAPTER IX.

GERFAUT, THE WIZARD

CHAPTER X.

PLOTS

CHAPTER XI.

A QUARREL

CHAPTER XII.

AN INHARMONIOUS MUSICALE

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XIII.

MONSIEUR DE BERGENHEIM

CHAPTER XIV.

GERFAUT'S ALLEGORY

CHAPTER XV.

DECLARATION OF WAR

CHAPTER XVI.

GERFAUT WINS A POINT

CHAPTER XVII.

A RUDE INTERRUPTION

CHAPTER XVIII.

ESPIONAGE

CHAPTER XIX.

THE REVELATION

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XX.

MARILLAC TELLS A STORY

CHAPTER XXI.

A STRATAGEM

CHAPTER XXII.

THE CRISIS

CHAPTER XXIII.

THE AGREEMENT

CHAPTER XXIV.

A FRIEND'S ADVICE

CHAPTER XXV.

THE WILD BOAR

CHAPTER XXVI.

BERGENHEIM'S REVENGE

CONSCIENCE

By Hector Malot

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE REUNION

CHAPTER II.

THE RICH MAN'S REFUSAL

CHAPTER III.

A LAST RESORT

CHAPTER IV.

'TWIXT THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA

CHAPTER V.

A CHARMING VISITOR

CHAPTER VI.

A SWEET CONSOLER

CHAPTER VII.

A LITTLE DINNER FOR TWO

CHAPTER VIII.

EXPLANATIONS

CHAPTER IX.

CAFFIE'S ANSWER

CHAPTER X.

SANIEL MAKES A RESOLUTION

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER XI.

THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH

CHAPTER XII.

THE CRUCIAL MOMENT

CHAPTER XIII.

DISTRACTION

CHAPTER XIV.

THE EXAMINATION

CHAPTER XV.

A NEW PLAN

CHAPTER XVI.

THE SMILES OF FORTUNE

CHAPTER XVII.

PHILLIS'S FEARS

CHAPTER XVIII.

A GRAVE DISCUSSION

CHAPTER XIX.

THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR

CHAPTER XX.

A TIGHTENING CHAIN

CHAPTER XXI.

"REGARDING THE CAFFIE AFFAIR"

CHAPTER XXII.

NOUGAREDE'S BRIDE

CHAPTER XXIII.

STUNNING NEWS

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XXIV.

HEDGING

CHAPTER XXV.

DANGEROUS DETAILS

CHAPTER XXVI.

A GOOD MEMORY

CHAPTER XXVII.

A NEW PERIL

CHAPTER XXVIII.

SANIEL VISITS A BARBER

CHAPTER XXIX.

A BROKEN NEGATIVE

CHAPTER XXX.

PHILLIS PRECIPITATES MATTERS

CHAPTER XXXI.

THE APPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE FATAL LIGHT

CHAPTER XXXIII.

SUSPENSE

CHAPTER XXXIV.

ON THE RACK

CHAPTER XXXV.

A SECOND VICTIM

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

CONSCIENCE ASSERTS ITSELF

CHAPTER XXXVII.

ATTEMPTED REPARATION

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

THE IMPORTANT QUESTION

CHAPTER XXXIX.

CONCESSION TO CONSCIENCE

CHAPTER XL.

PHILLIS IS SURPRISED

CHAPTER XLI.

A TROUBLED SOUL

CHAPTER XLII.

THE POWER OF HYPNOTISM

CHAPTER XLIII.

THE TERRIBLE REVELATION

CHAPTER XLIV.

AFTER LONG YEARS

MADAME CHRYSANTHEME

By Pierre Loti

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

THE MYSTERIOUS LAND

CHAPTER II.

STRANGE SCENES

CHAPTER III.

THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS

CHAPTER IV.

CHOOSING A BRIDE

CHAPTER V.

A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE

CHAPTER VI.

MY NEW MENAGE

CHAPTER VII.

THE LADIES OF THE FANS

CHAPTER VIII.

THE NECESSARY VEIL

CHAPTER IX.

MY PLAYTHING

CHAPTER X.

NOCTURNAL TERRORS

CHAPTER XI.

A GAME OF ARCHERY

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER XII.

HAPPY FAMILIES!

CHAPTER XIII.

OUR "VERY TALL FRIEND"

CHAPTER XIV.

OUR PIOUS HOSTS

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

SLEEPING JAPAN

CHAPTER XVII.

THE SONG OF THE CICALA

CHAPTER XVIII.

MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL

CHAPTER XIX.

MY JAPANESE RELATIVES

CHAPTER XX.

A DEAD FAIRY

CHAPTER XXI.

ANCIENT TOMBS

CHAPTER XXII.

DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL

CHAPTER XXIII.

A FANTASTIC FUNERAL

CHAPTER XXIV.

SOCIABILITY

CHAPTER XXV.

UNWELCOME GUESTS

CHAPTER XXVI.

A QUIET SMOKE

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE

CHAPTER XXVIII.

A DOLL'S CORRESPONDENCE

CHAPTER XXIX.

SUDDEN SHOWERS

CHAPTER XXX.

A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY

CHAPTER XXXI.

BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES

CHAPTER XXXII.

STRANGE YEARNINGS

CHAPTER XXXIII.

A GENEROUS HUSBAND

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE

CHAPTER XXXV.

THROUGH A MICROSCOPE

CHAPTER XXXVI.

MY NAUGHTY DOLL

CHAPTER XXXVII.

COMPLICATIONS

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY!

CHAPTER XXXIX.

A LADY OF JAPAN

CHAPTER XL.

OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES

CHAPTER XLI.

AN UNEXPECTED CALL

CHAPTER XLII.

AN ORIENTAL VISION

CHAPTER XLIII.

THE CATS AND THE DOLLS

CHAPTER XLIV.

TENDER MINISTRATIONS

CHAPTER XLV.

TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS

CHAPTER XLVI.

GRAVE SUSPICIONS

BOOK 4.

CHAPTER XLVII.

A MIDNIGHT ALARM

CHAPTER XLVIII.

UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY

CHAPTER XLIX.

RUMORS OF DEPARTURE

CHAPTER L.

A DOLLS' DUET

CHAPTER LI.

THE LAST DAY

CHAPTER LII.

"FAREWELL!"

CHAPTER LIII.

OFF FOR CHINA

CHAPTER LIV.

A FADING PICTURE

CHAPTER LV.

A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER

AN "ATTIC" PHILOSOPHER

(Un Philosophe sous les Toits)

By Emile Souvestre

BOOK 1.

CHAPTER I.

NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS

CHAPTER II.

THE CARNIVAL

CHAPTER III.

WHAT WE MAY LEARN BY LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW

CHAPTER IV.

LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER

CHAPTER V.

COMPENSATION

BOOK 2.

CHAPTER VI.

UNCLE MAURICE

CHAPTER VII.

THE PRICE OF POWER AND THE WORTH OF FAME

CHAPTER VIII.

MISANTHROPY AND REPENTANCE

CHAPTER IX.

THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL AROUT

BOOK 3.

CHAPTER X.

OUR COUNTRY

CHAPTER XI.

MORAL USE OF INVENTORIES

CHAPTER XII.

THE END OF THE YEAR

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1905

BY ROBERT ARNOT

The editor-in-chief of the Maison Mazarin—a man of letters who cherishes an enthusiastic yet discriminating love for the literary and artistic glories of France—formed within the last two years the great project of collecting and presenting to the vast numbers of intelligent readers of whom New World boasts a series of those great and undying romances which, since 1784, have received the crown of merit awarded by the French Academy—that coveted assurance of immortality in letters and in art.

In the presentation of this serious enterprise for the criticism and official sanction of The Academy, 'en seance', was included a request that, if possible, the task of writing a preface to the series should be undertaken by me. Official sanction having been bestowed upon the plan, I, as the accredited officer of the French Academy, convey to you its hearty appreciation, endorsement, and sympathy with a project so nobly artistic. It is also my duty, privilege, and pleasure to point out, at the request of my brethren, the peculiar importance and lasting value of this series to all who would know the inner life of a people whose greatness no turns of fortune have been able to diminish.

In the last hundred years France has experienced the most terrible vicissitudes, but, vanquished or victorious, triumphant or abased, never has she lost her peculiar gift of attracting the curiosity of the world. She interests every living being, and even those who do not love her desire to know her. To this peculiar attraction which radiates from her, artists and men of letters can well bear witness, since it is to literature and to the arts, before all, that France owes such living and lasting power. In every quarter of the civilized world there are distinguished writers, painters, and eminent musicians, but in France they exist in greater numbers than elsewhere. Moreover, it is universally conceded that French writers and artists have this particular and praiseworthy quality: they are most accessible to people of other countries. Without losing their national characteristics, they possess the happy gift of universality. To speak of letters alone: the books that Frenchmen write are read, translated, dramatized, and imitated everywhere; so it is not strange that these books give to foreigners a desire for a nearer and more intimate acquaintance with France.

Men preserve an almost innate habit of resorting to Paris from almost every quarter of the globe. For many years American visitors have been more numerous than others, although the journey from the United States is long and costly. But I am sure that when for the first time they see Paris—its palaces, its churches, its museums—and visit Versailles, Fontainebleau, and Chantilly, they do not regret the travail they have undergone. Meanwhile, however, I ask myself whether such sightseeing is all that, in coming hither, they wish to accomplish. Intelligent travellers—and, as a rule, it is the intelligent class that feels the need of the educative influence of travel—look at our beautiful monuments, wander through the streets and squares among the crowds that fill them, and, observing them, I ask myself again: Do not such people desire to study at closer range these persons who elbow them as they pass; do they not wish to enter the houses of which they see but the facades; do they not wish to know how Parisians live and speak and act by their firesides? But time, alas! is lacking for the formation of those intimate friendships which would bring this knowledge within their grasp. French homes are rarely open to birds of passage, and visitors leave us with regret that they have not been able to see more than the surface of our civilization or to recognize by experience the note of our inner home life.

How, then, shall this void be filled? Speaking in the first person, the simplest means appears to be to study those whose profession it is to describe the society of the time, and primarily, therefore, the works of dramatic writers, who are supposed to draw a faithful picture of it. So we go to the theatre, and usually derive keen pleasure therefrom. But is pleasure all that we expect to find? What we should look for above everything in a comedy or a drama is a representation, exact as possible, of the manners and characters of the dramatis persona of the play; and perhaps the conditions under which the play was written do not allow such representation. The exact and studied portrayal of a character demands from the author long preparation, and cannot be accomplished in a few hours. From, the first scene to the last, each tale must be posed in the author's mind exactly as it will be proved to be at the end. It is the author's aim and mission to place completely before his audience the souls of the "agonists" laying bare the complications of motive, and throwing into relief the delicate shades of motive that sway them. Often, too, the play is produced before a numerous audience—an audience often distrait, always pressed for time, and impatient of the least delay. Again, the public in general require that they shall be able to understand without difficulty, and at first thought, the characters the author seeks to present, making it necessary that these characters be depicted from their most salient sides—which are too often vulgar and unattractive.

In our comedies and dramas it is not the individual that is drawn, but the type. Where the individual alone is real, the type is a myth of the imagination—a pure invention. And invention is the mainspring of the theatre, which rests purely upon illusion, and does not please us unless it begins by deceiving us.

I believe, then, that if one seeks to know the world exactly as it is, the theatre does not furnish the means whereby one can pursue the study. A far better opportunity for knowing the private life of a people is available through the medium of its great novels. The novelist deals with each person as an individual. He speaks to his reader at an hour when the mind is disengaged from worldly affairs, and he can add without restraint every detail that seems needful to him to complete the rounding of his story. He can return at will, should he choose, to the source of the plot he is unfolding, in order that his reader may better understand him; he can emphasize and dwell upon those details which an audience in a theatre will not allow.

The reader, being at leisure, feels no impatience, for he knows that he can at any time lay down or take up the book. It is the consciousness of this privilege that gives him patience, should he encounter a dull page here or there. He may hasten or delay his reading, according to the interest he takes in his romance-nay, more, he can return to the earlier pages, should he need to do so, for a better comprehension of some obscure point. In proportion as he is attracted and interested by the romance, and also in the degree of concentration with which he reads it, does he grasp better the subtleties of the narrative. No shade of character drawing escapes him. He realizes, with keener appreciation, the most delicate of human moods, and the novelist is not compelled to introduce the characters to him, one by one, distinguishing them only by the most general characteristics, but can describe each of those little individual idiosyncrasies that contribute to the sum total of a living personality.

When I add that the dramatic author is always to a certain extent a slave to the public, and must ever seek to please the passing taste of his time, it will be recognized that he is often, alas! compelled to sacrifice his artistic leanings to popular caprice-that is, if he has the natural desire that his generation should applaud him.

As a rule, with the theatre-going masses, one person follows the fads or fancies of others, and individual judgments are too apt to be irresistibly swayed by current opinion. But the novelist, entirely independent of his reader, is not compelled to conform himself to the opinion of any person, or to submit to his caprices. He is absolutely free to picture society as he sees it, and we therefore can have more confidence in his descriptions of the customs and characters of the day.

It is precisely this view of the case that the editor of the series has taken, and herein is the raison d'etre of this collection of great French romances. The choice was not easy to make. That form of literature called the romance abounds with us. France has always loved it, for French writers exhibit a curiosity—and I may say an indiscretion—that is almost charming in the study of customs and morals at large; a quality that induces them to talk freely of themselves and of their neighbors, and to set forth fearlessly both the good and the bad in human nature. In this fascinating phase of literature, France never has produced greater examples than of late years.

In the collection here presented to American readers will be found those works especially which reveal the intimate side of French social life-works in which are discussed the moral problems that affect most potently the life of the world at large. If inquiring spirits seek to learn the customs and manners of the France of any age, they must look for it among her crowned romances. They need go back no farther than Ludovic Halevy, who may be said to open the modern epoch. In the romantic school, on its historic side, Alfred de Vigny must be looked upon as supreme. De Musset and Anatole France may be taken as revealing authoritatively the moral philosophy of nineteenth-century thought. I must not omit to mention the Jacqueline of Th. Bentzon, and the "Attic" Philosopher of Emile Souvestre, nor the great names of Loti, Claretie, Coppe, Bazin, Bourget, Malot, Droz, De Massa, and last, but not least, our French Dickens, Alphonse Daudet. I need not add more; the very names of these "Immortals" suffice to commend the series to readers in all countries.

One word in conclusion: America may rest assured that her students of international literature will find in this series of 'ouvrages couronnes' all that they may wish to know of France at her own fireside—a knowledge that too often escapes them, knowledge that embraces not only a faithful picture of contemporary life in the French provinces, but a living and exact description of French society in modern times. They may feel certain that when they have read these romances, they will have sounded the depths and penetrated into the hidden intimacies of France, not only as she is, but as she would be known.

GASTON BOISSIER SECRETAIRE PERPETUEL DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE

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THE IMMORTALS, MASTERPIECES OF FICTION CROWNED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY

With a General Introduction to the Series by GASTON BOISSIER, Secretaire Perpetuel de l'academie Francaise.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES

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## SERGE PANINE, By Georges Ohnet ## THE RED LILY, By Anatole France ## MONSIEUR, MADAME AND BEBE, By Gustave Droz ## PRINCE ZILAH, By Jules Claretie ## ZIBELINE, By Philippe De Massa ## A WOODLAND QUEEN ('Reine des Bois'), By Andre Theuriet ## CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, By Alfred de Musset ## MONSIEUR DE CAMORS, By Octave Feuillet ## CINQ MARS, By Alfred De Vigny ## THE ABBE CONSTANTIN, By Ludovic Halevy ## A ROMANCE OF YOUTH, By Francois Coppee ## COSMOPOLIS, By Paul Bourget ## JACQUELINE, By (Mme. Blanc) Therese Bentzon ## THE INK STAIN (Tache d'Encre), By Rene Bazin ## FROMONT AND RISLER, By Alphonse Daudet ## GERFAUT, By Charles de Bernard ## CONSCIENCE, By Hector Malot ## MADAME CHRYSANTHEME, By Pierre Loti ## AN "ATTIC" PHILOSOPHER, By Emile Souvestre

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SERGE PANINE

THE RED LILY

MONSIEUR, MADAME AND BEBE

PRINCE ZILAH

ZIBELINE

A WOODLAND QUEEN

('Reine des Bois')

CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY

(Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle)

MONSIEUR DE CAMORS

CINQ MARS

THE ABBE CONSTANTIN

A ROMANCE OF YOUTH

COSMOPOLIS

JACQUELINE

THE INK STAIN

(Tache d'Encre)

FROMONT AND RISLER

GERFAUT

CONSCIENCE

MADAME CHRYSANTHEME

AN "ATTIC" PHILOSOPHER

(Un Philosophe sous les Toits)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1905

INSTRUCTIONS:

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