The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest

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Author

France, Hector, 1837-1908

Credits

This file was produced by Carlo Traverso, Relka Bihari, Andrea Ball, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Priests -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10963

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10963

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE GRIP OF DESIRE — TO THE READER
2. 2.LIST OF CHAPTERS. — LIST OF CHAPTERS.
3. 3.I. — THE CURÉ.
4. 4.II. — THE CONFESSIONAL.
5. 5.III. — THE PARSONAGE.
6. 6.IV. — EXPECTATION.
7. 7.V. — THE MEETING.
8. 8.VI. — THE LOOK.
9. 9.VII. — THE SALUTE.
10. 10.VIII. — THE FEVER.
11. 11.IX. — DURING VESPERS.
12. 12.X. — IN PARENTHESIS.
13. 13.XI. — THE FLESH.
14. 14.XII. — THE TEMPTATION.
15. 15.XIII. — THE RESOLUTION.
16. 16.XIV. — THE CAPTAIN.
17. 17.XV. — MEMORIES.
18. 18.XVI. — THE EPAULET.
19. 19.XVII. — THE VOLTAIRIAN.
20. 20.XVIII. — THE VISIT.
21. 21.XIX. — HARD WORDS.
22. 22.XX. — KICKS.
23. 23.XXI. — THE PAST.
24. 24.XXII. — THE SERVANT.
25. 25.XXIII. — THE LETTER — "MONSIEUR L'ABBÉ,
26. 26.XXIV. — THE FIRST MEETING.
27. 27.XXV. — LOVE.
28. 28.XXVI. — OF YOUNG GIRLS IN GENERAL.
29. 29.XXVII. — OF SUZANNE IN PARTICULAR.
30. 30.XXVIII. — THE SHADOW.
31. 31.XXIX. — OTHER MEETINGS.
32. 32.XXX. — SERAPHIC LOVE.
33. 33.XXXI. — THE VIRGIN. — XXXII. — THE DEATH'S-HEAD.
34. 34.XXXIII. — FRENZY.
35. 35.XXXIV. — THE PROHIBITION.
36. 36.XXXV. — THE SHELTER.
37. 37.XXXVI. — THE HOT WINE.
38. 38.XXXVI. — TÊTE-À-TÊTE.
39. 39.XXXVIII — THE KISS.
40. 40.XXXIX. — THE DEVIL IN PETTICOATS.
41. 41.XL. — LITTLE CONFESSIONS.
42. 42.XLI. — MORAL REFLECTIONS.
43. 43.XLII. — MEMORY LOOKING BACK.
44. 44.XLIII. — ESPIONAGE.
45. 45.XLIV. — THE GARRET WINDOW.
46. 46.XLV. — TREACHEROUS MANOEUVRE.
47. 47.XLVI. — THE LETTER.
48. 48.XLVII. — GOOD NEWS.
49. 49.XLVIII. — RECONCILIATION. — XLIX. — CONFIDENCES.
50. 50.L. — MAMMOSA VIRGO!
51. 51.LI. — CHAMBER MORALITY.
52. 52.LII. — THE POSSET.
53. 53.LIII. — THE LEG.
54. 54.LIV. — MATER SAEVA CUPIDINUM.
55. 55.LV. — IN THE FOOT-PATH.
56. 56.LVI. — DOUBLE REMORSE.
57. 57.LVII. — THE EXPLOSION.
58. 58.LVIII. — PROVOCATION.
59. 59.LIX. — ACTS AND WORDS. — "MONSIEUR LE CURÉ,
60. 60.LX. — TALKS.
61. 61.LXI. — LE PÈRE HYACINTHE.
62. 62.LXII. — THE HAPPY CURÉ
63. 63.LXIII. — THE MIRACLES.
64. 64.LXIV. — THE TWO AUGURS.
65. 65.LXV. — TABLE TALK.
66. 66.LXVI. — GOOD COUNSEL.
67. 67.LXVII. — IN A GLASS.
68. 68.LXVIII. — THE ROSE CHAMBER.
69. 69.LXIX. — THE GUST OF WIND.
70. 70.LXX. — THE AMBUSCADE.
71. 71.LXXI. — THE BREACH.
72. 72.LXXII. — THE ASSAULT.
73. 73.LXXIII. — AUDACES FORTUNA JUVAT.
74. 74.LXXIV. — BEFORE MASS.
75. 75.LXXV. — DURING MASS.
76. 76.LXXVI. — AWAKENING.
77. 77.LXXVII. — CONSOLATIONS.
78. 78.LXXVIII. — FALSE ALARM.
79. 79.LXXIX — IN THE DILIGENCE
80. 80.LXXX. — AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
81. 81.LXXXI. — A LITTLE CONFESSION
82. 82.LXXXII. — THE CHURCH-WOMAN.
83. 83.LXXXIII. — CONVENTICLE.
84. 84.LXXXIV. — AT THE PALACE.
85. 85.LXXXV. — LITTLE PASTIMES.
86. 86.LXXXVI. — SERIOUS TALK.
87. 87.LXXXVII. — THE SEMINARY.
88. 88.LXXXVIII. — THE FAIR ONE.
89. 89.LXXXIX. — LOVE AGAIN.
90. 90.XC. — LE CYGNE DE LA CROIX.
91. 91.XCI. — THE CALVES.
92. 92.XCII. — THE SCAPULAR
93. 93.XCIII. — FROM THE DARK TO THE FAIR.
94. 94.XCIV. — THE CHANGE.
95. 95.XCV. — THE CURÉ OF ST. MARIE.
96. 96.XCVI. — FINIS CORONAT OPUS. — OTHER WORKS IN ENGLISH BY HECTOR FRANCE
97. 97.THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORKS.

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