Confession of a Child Of the Century

About this eBook

Author

Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857

Title

The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete

Credits

Produced by 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.

3942

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3942

Release Date

October 30, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY — (Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle)
2. 2.By Alfred de Musset — With a Preface by HENRI DE BORNIER, of the French Academy
3. 3.ALFRED DE MUSSET
4. 4.THE CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY
5. 5.BOOK 1.
6. 6.PART I
7. 7.CHAPTER I. TO THE READER
8. 8.CHAPTER II. REFLECTIONS
9. 9.CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS — I have to explain how I was first taken with the malady of the age.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. THE PATH OF DESPAIR
11. 11.CHAPTER V. A PHILOSOPHER’S ADVICE
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. MADAME LEVASSEUR
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE WISDOM OF SIRACH
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE SEARCH FOR HEALING — Yet I was unwilling to yield.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. BACCHUS, THE CONSOLER
16. 16.PART II
17. 17.CHAPTER I. AT THE CROSSWAYS
18. 18.CHAPTER II. THE CHOSEN WAY
19. 19.CHAPTER III. AFRICAN HOSPITALITY
20. 20.CHAPTER IV. MARCO
21. 21.CHAPTER V. SATIETY
22. 22.BOOK 2.
23. 23.PART III
24. 24.CHAPTER I. DEATH, THE INEVITABLE
25. 25.CHAPTER II. THE BALM OF SOLITUDE
26. 26.CHAPTER III. BRIGITTE
27. 27.CHAPTER IV. RIPENING ACQUAINTANCE
28. 28.CHAPTER V. AN INTERVIEW
29. 29.CHAPTER VI. THE RUGGED PATH OF LOVE
30. 30.CHAPTER VII. THE VENUSBERG AGAIN
31. 31.PART IV
32. 32.CHAPTER I. THE THORNS OF LOVE
33. 33.CHAPTER II. UNCERTAINTY
34. 34.CHAPTER III. EXPLANATIONS
35. 35.CHAPTER IV. BRIGITTE’S LOSS
36. 36.CHAPTER V. A TORTURED SOUL
37. 37.BOOK 3.
38. 38.PART V
39. 39.CHAPTER I. SWEET ANTICIPATIONS
40. 40.CHAPTER II. THE DEMON OF DOUBT
41. 41.CHAPTER III. THE QUESTION OF SMITH
42. 42.CHAPTER IV. IN THE FURNACE
43. 43.CHAPTER V. TRUTH AT LAST
44. 44.CHAPTER VI. SELF-SACRIFICE THE SOLUTION

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