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An Historical Mystery

An Historical Mystery

by Honoré de Balzac

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Author
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
Title
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
Credits
Produced by John Bickers, Dagny, Bonnie Sala, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
French fiction -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
1678
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1678
Release Date
November 6, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY — (The Gondreville Mystery)
  2. 2.By Honore De Balzac — Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley — DEDICATION To Monsieur de Margone. In grateful remembrance, from his guest at the Chateau de Sache. De Balzac.
  3. 3.Contents — AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY — — AN HISTORICAL MYSTERY
  4. 4.PART I
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. JUDAS
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. A CRIME RELINQUISHED
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE MASK THROWN OFF
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. LAURENCE DE CINQ-CYGNE
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. ROYALIST HOMES AND PORTRAITS UNDER THE CONSULATE
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. A DOMICILIARY VISIT
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. A FOREST NOOK
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. TRIALS OF THE POLICE
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. FOILED
  14. 14.PART II.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. ONE AND THE SAME, YET A TWO-FOLD LOVE
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. WISE COUNSEL
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE FACTS OF A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE CODE OF BRUMAIRE, YEAR IV.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE ARRESTS
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. DOUBTS AND FEARS OF COUNSEL
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. MARTHE INVEIGLED
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE TRIAL
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. TRIAL CONTINUED: CRUEL VICISSITUDES
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE EMPEROR’S BIVOUAC
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE MYSTERY SOLVED
  26. 26.ADDENDUM

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