CONTENTS
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
THE BOYHOOD
1
II.
EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE
16
III.
“ŒDIPE,” AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND
25
IV.
THE “HENRIADE,” AND A VISIT TO COURT
37
V.
ENGLAND, AND THE “ENGLISH LETTERS”
48
VI.
PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE “LETTERS”
60
VII.
MADAME DU CHÂTELET
74
VIII.
A YEAR OF STORMS
86
IX.
WORK AT CIREY
96
X.
PLEASURE AT CIREY
106
XI.
THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES
117
XII.
FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK
127
XIII.
TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE
137
XIV.
VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER
149
XV.
THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND “THE TEMPLE OF GLORY”
159
XVI.
THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT
167
XVII.
COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX
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175
XVIII.
THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT
183
XIX.
THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHÂTELET
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