By Honore de Balzac
Contents
I. ALL ELECTIONS BEGIN WITH A BUSTLE
II. REVOLT OF A LIBERAL ROTTEN-BOROUGH
III. OPPOSITION DEFINES ITSELF
IV. THE FIRST PARLIAMENTARY TEMPEST
V. THE PERPLEXITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ARCIS
VI. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 FROM THE HOSIERY POINT OF VIEW
VII. THE BEAUVISAGE FAMILY
VIII. IN WHICH THE DOT, ONE OF THE HEROINES OF THIS HISTORY, APPEARS
IX. A STRANGER
X. THE REVELATIONS OF AN OPERA-GLASS
XI. IN WHICH THE CANDIDATE BEGINS TO LOSE VOTES
XII. THE SALON OF MADAME D'ESPARD
XIII. PREFACE BEFORE LETTERING
I. THE COMTE DE L'ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON
II. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, February, 1839.
III. THE COMTE DE L'ESTORADE TO MONSIEUR MARIE-GASTON Paris, February, 1839.
IV. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORAADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, February, 1839.
V. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, March, 1839.
VI. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, March, 1839.
VII. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, March, 1839.
VIII. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS April, 1839.
IX. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON Paris, April, 1839.
X. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON Paris, April, 1839.
XI. THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE TO MADAME OCTAVE DE CAMPS Paris, May, 1839.
XII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON Paris, May, 1839.
XIII. DORLANGE TO MARIE-GASTON Arcis-sur-Aube, May 3, 1839.
XIV. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Arcis-sur-Aube, May 6, 1839.
XV. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Arcis-sur-Aube, May 13, 1839.
XVI. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Arcis-sur-Aube, May 15, 1839.
XVII. MARIE-GASTON TO MADAME LA COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Arcis-sur-Aube, May 16, 1839.
XVIII. CHARLES DE SALLENAUVE TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE 7 P.M.
XIX. MARIE-GASTON TO THE COMTESSE DE L'ESTORADE Arcis-sur-Aube, May 17, 1839.
I. THE SORROWS OF MONSIEUR DE TRAILLES
II. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ELEVEN O'CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT
III. A MINISTER'S MORNING
IV. A CATECHISM
V. CHILDREN
VI. CURIOSITY THAT CAME WITHIN AN ACE OF BEING FATAL
VII. THE WAY TO MANAGE POLITICAL INTRIGUES
VIII. SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES
IX. IN THE CHAMBER
ADDENDUM
THE DEPUTY OF ARCIS