By Alfred de Musset
ALFRED DE MUSSET
THE CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
BOOK 1.
PART I
CHAPTER I. TO THE READER
CHAPTER II. REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS I have to explain
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 Yet I was unwilling to yield.
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
