By Honore De Balzac
Contents DEDICATION SONS OF THE SOIL PART I CHAPTER I. THE
DEDICATION
PART I
CHAPTER I. THE CHATEAU
CHAPTER II. A BUCOLIC OVERLOOKED BY VIRGIL
CHAPTER III. THE TAVERN
CHAPTER IV. ANOTHER IDYLL
CHAPTER V. ENEMIES FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER VI. A TALE OF THIEVES
CHAPTER VII. CERTAIN LOST SOCIAL SPECIES
CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT REVOLUTIONS OF A LITTLE VALLEY
CHAPTER IX. CONCERNING THE MEDIOCRACY
CHAPTER X. THE SADNESS OF A HAPPY WOMAN
CHAPTER XI. THE OARISTYS, EIGHTEENTH ECLOGUE OF THEOCRITUS LITTLE ADMIRED ON THE POLICE CALENDAR
CHAPTER XII. SHOWETH HOW THE TAVERN IS THE PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER XIII. A TYPE OF THE COUNTRY USURER
CHAPTER I. THE LEADING SOCIETY OF SOULANGES
CHAPTER II. THE CONSPIRATORS IN THE QUEEN'S SALON
CHAPTER III. THE CAFE DE LA PAIX
CHAPTER IV. THE TRIUMVIRATE OF VILLE-AUX-FAYES
CHAPTER V. VICTORY WITHOUT A FIGHT
CHAPTER VI. THE FOREST AND THE HARVEST
CHAPTER VII. THE GREYHOUND
CHAPTER VIII. RURAL VIRTUE
CHAPTER IX THE CATASTROPHE
CHAPTER X. THE TRIUMPH OF THE VANQUISHED
ADDENDUM The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.