Cæsar Or Nothing

About this eBook

Author

Baroja, Pío, 1872-1956

Title

Cæsar or Nothing

Credits

Produced by Eric Eldred, David Widger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Spanish fiction -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

8444

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8444

Release Date

July 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CÆSAR OR NOTHING
2. 2.By Pío Baroja — Translated from the Spanish by Louis How
3. 3.PROLOGUE — THE AUTHOR HOLDS FORTH IN REGARD TO THE CHARACTER OF HIS HERO — PART ONE. ROME
4. 4.I. THE PARIS-VENTIMIGLIA EXPRESS
5. 5.II. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY — JUAN GUILLÉN
6. 6.III. CÆSAR MONCADA — AT THE ESCOLAPIANS
7. 7.IV. PEOPLE WHO PASS CLOSE BY — THE SAN MARTINO YOUNG LADIES
8. 8.V. THE ABBE PRECIOZI. THE BIG BIRDS IN ROME
9. 9.VI. THE LITTLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE IN A ROMAN HOTEL. INTIMACIES
10. 10.VII. THE CONFIDENCES OF THE ABBE PRECIOZI — NATURAL VARIETIES OF NOSES AND EXPRESSIONS
11. 11.VIII. OLD PALACES, OLD SALONS, OLD LADIES — THE CARDINAL UNCLE
12. 12.IX. NEW ACQUAINTANCES — “I PROTESTANTI DELLA SIMPATÍA”
13. 13.X. A BALL
14. 14.XI. A SOUNDING-LINE IN THE DARK WORLD — THE ADVICE OF TWO ABBÉS
15. 15.XII. A MEETING ON THE PINCIO — A WALK IN THE VILLA BORGHESE
16. 16.XIII. ESTHETICS AND DEMAGOGY — SUSANNA AND THE YOUNGSTERS
17. 17.XIV. NEW ATTEMPTS, NEW RAMBLES — CARDINAL SPADA
18. 18.XV. GIOVANNI BATTISTA, PAGAN
19. 19.XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF A POPE
20. 20.XVII. EVIL DAYS
21. 21.XVIII. CÆSAR BORGIA’S MOTTO, “AUT CÆSAR, AUT NIHIL” — THE BORGIAS
22. 22.XIX. CÆSAR’S REFLECTIONS
23. 23.XX. DON CALIXTO AT SAINT PETER’S — DON CALIXTO UNDERSTANDS
24. 24.XXI. DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS
25. 25.XXII. SENTIMENTALITY AND ARCHEOLOGY
26. 26.XXIII. THE ‘SCUTCHEON OF A CHURCH
27. 27.XXIV. TOURIST INTERLUDE — TRAVELLING
28. 28.PART TWO. CASTRO DURO
29. 29.I. ARRIVAL. CÆSAR IN ACTION
30. 30.II. CASTRO DURO — THE MORNING
31. 31.III. CÆSAR’S LABOURS — FIRST STEPS
32. 32.IV. THE BOOKSELLER AND THE ANARCHISTS
33. 33.V. THE BANQUET — THE GUESTS
34. 34.VI. UNCLE CHINAMAN — CIDONES
35. 35.VII. A TRYING SCENE
36. 36.VIII. THE ELECTION — WHAT THEY SAID IN THE TOWNS
37. 37.IX. CÆSAR AS DEPUTY — TRIPPING THEM UP
38. 38.X. POLITICAL LABOURS — MONEY ON THE EXCHANGE
39. 39.XI. THE PITFALL OF SINIGAGLIA — A COMMISSION FOR THE MINISTER
40. 40.XIII. AMPARITO IN ACTION — LAURA AT CASTRO
41. 41.XIV. INTRANSIGENCE LOST — DISQUIET DISAPPEARS
42. 42.XV. “DRIVELLER” JUAN AND “THE CUB-SLUT”
43. 43.XVI. PITY, A MASK OF COWARDICE — THE MOTHER
44. 44.XVII. FIRST VICTORY
45. 45.XVIII. DECLARATION OF WAR
46. 46.XIX. THE FIGHT FOR THE ELECTION
47. 47.XX. CONFIDENCE — YES, HE IS THE HERO
48. 48.XXI. OUR VENERABLE TRADITIONS! OUR HOLY PRINCIPLES!
49. 49.XXII. FINIS GLORIÆ MUNDI. FROM A SOCIETY COLUMN

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