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Madame Chrysantheme

Madame Chrysantheme

by Pierre Loti

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Author
Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923
Title
Madame Chrysantheme — Complete
Credits
Produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Japan -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3995
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3995
Release Date
October 30, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MADAME CHRYSANTHEME
  2. 2.By Pierre Loti — With a Preface by ALBERT SOREL, of the French Academy
  3. 3.PIERRE LOTI
  4. 4.DEDICATION — To Madame la Duchesse de Richelieu MADAME LA DUCHESSE,
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION — MME. CHRYSANTHEME
  6. 6.BOOK 1.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS LAND — At dawn we beheld Japan.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. STRANGE SCENES
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. CHOOSING A BRIDE
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE — July 10, 1885.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. MY NEW MENAGE
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII. THE LADIES OF THE FANS
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. THE NECESSARY VEIL
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX. MY PLAYTHING — July 12th
  16. 16.CHAPTER X. NOCTURNAL TERRORS — July 13th.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI. A GAME OF ARCHERY — July 14th.
  18. 18.BOOK 2.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII. HAPPY FAMILIES!
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. OUR “VERY TALL FRIEND”
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. OUR PIOUS HOSTS
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. SLEEPING JAPAN
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. THE SONG OF THE CICALA
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. MY JAPANESE RELATIVES
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX. A DEAD FAIRY
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. ANCIENT TOMBS
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL — The meals that Chrysantheme enjoys are something almost indescribable.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII. A FANTASTIC FUNERAL
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV. SOCIABILITY — August 4th.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. UNWELCOME GUESTS
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI. A QUIET SMOKE
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII. THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII. A DOLL’S CORRESPONDENCE
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX. SUDDEN SHOWERS — August 10th.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXX. A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY — August 12th.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI. BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES — August 23d.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII. STRANGE YEARNINGS — August 24th.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII. A GENEROUS HUSBAND
  41. 41.BOOK 3.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXV. THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVI. MY NAUGHTY DOLL — Tuesday, August 27th.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XXXVII. COMPLICATIONS
  46. 46.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY!
  47. 47.CHAPTER XXXIX. A LADY OF JAPAN
  48. 48.CHAPTER XL. OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLI. AN UNEXPECTED CALL — September 3d.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLII. AN ORIENTAL VISION — September 4th.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIII. THE CATS AND THE DOLLS
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLIV. TENDER MINISTRATIONS — September 11th.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLV. TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS
  54. 54.CHAPTER XLVI. GRAVE SUSPICIONS — September 13th.
  55. 55.BOOK 4.
  56. 56.CHAPTER XLVII. A MIDNIGHT ALARM
  57. 57.CHAPTER XLVIII. UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY — September 16th.
  58. 58.CHAPTER XLIX. RUMORS OF DEPARTURE — September 15th.
  59. 59.CHAPTER L. A DOLLS’ DUET
  60. 60.CHAPTER LI. THE LAST DAY — September 17th
  61. 61.CHAPTER LII. “FAREWELL!” — September 18th.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LIII. OFF FOR CHINA
  63. 63.CHAPTER LIV. A FADING PICTURE
  64. 64.CHAPTER LV. A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER

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