The Last Vendée or, the She-Wolves of Machecoul. Vols. I. & II

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Author

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

Title

The Last Vendée; or, the She-Wolves of Machecoul

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Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by rhe Web Archive (University of California Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Berry, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de, 1798-1870 -- Fiction

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eBook-No.

49784

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49784

Release Date

August 26, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Illustrated Sterling edition — THE LAST VENDÉE — OR, THE — SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL — BY — ALEXANDRE DUMAS — BOSTON — DANA ESTES & COMPANY — PUBLISHERS — By Estes and Lauriat. — CONTENTS. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — VOL. I. — VOL. II. — THE LAST VENDÉE; — OR, — THE SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL — VOLUME I. — THE LAST VENDÉE; — OR, — THE SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL — I. — CHARETTE'S AIDE-DE-CAMP. — II. — THE GRATITUDE OF KINGS. — III. — THE TWINS. — IV. — HOW JEAN OULLIER, COMING TO SEE THE MARQUIS FOR AN HOUR, WOULD BE THERE STILL IF THEY HAD NOT BOTH BEEN IN THEIR GRAVE THESE TEN YEARS. — V. — A LITTER OF WOLVES. — VI. — THE WOUNDED HARE. — VII. — MONSIEUR MICHEL. — VIII. — THE BARONNE DE LA LOGERIE. — IX. — GALON-D'OR AND ALLÉGRO. — X. — IN WHICH THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN PRECISELY AS BARON MICHEL DREAMED THEY WOULD. — XI. — THE FOSTER-FATHER. — XII. — NOBLESSE OBLIGE. — XIII. — A DISTANT COUSIN. — XIV. — PETIT-PIERRE. — XV. — AN UNSEASONABLE HOUR. — XVI. — COURTIN'S DIPLOMACY. — XVII. — THE TAVERN OF AUBIN COURTE-JOIE — XVIII. — THE MAN FROM LA LOGERIE. — XIX. — THE FAIR AT MONTAIGU. — XX. — THE OUTBREAK. — XXI. — JEAN OULLIER'S RESOURCES. — XXII. — FETCH! PATAUD, FETCH! — XXIII. — TO WHOM THE COTTAGE BELONGED. — XXIV. — HOW MARIANNE PICAUT MOURNED HER HUSBAND. — XXV. — IN WHICH LOVE LENDS POLITICAL OPINIONS TO THOSE WHO HAVE NONE. — XXVI. — THE SPRINGS OF BAUGÉ. — XXVII. — THE GUESTS AT SOUDAY. — XXVIII. — IN WHICH THE MARQUIS DE SOUDAY BITTERLY REGRETS THAT PETIT-PIERRE IS NOT A GENTLEMAN. — XXIX. — THE VENDÉANS OF 1832. — XXX. — THE WARNING. — XXXI. — MY OLD CRONY LORIOT. — XXXII. — THE GENERAL EATS A SUPPER WHICH HAD NOT BEEN PREPARED FOR HIM. — XXXIII. — IN WHICH MAÎTRE LORIOT'S CURIOSITY IS NOT EXACTLY SATISFIED. — XXXIV. — THE TOWER CHAMBER. — XXXV. — WHICH ENDS QUITE OTHERWISE THAN AS MARY EXPECTED. — XXXVI. — BLUE AND WHITE. — XXXVII. — WHICH SHOWS THAT IT IS NOT FOR FLIES ONLY THAT SPIDERS' WEBS ARE DANGEROUS. — XXXVIII. — IN WHICH THE DAINTIEST FOOT OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE FINDS THAT CINDERELLA'S SLIPPER DOES NOT FIT IT AS WELL AS SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS. — XXXIX. — PETIT-PIERRE MAKES THE BEST MEAL HE EVER MADE IN HIS LIFE. — XL. — EQUALITY IN DEATH. — XLI. — THE SEARCH. — XLII. — IN WHICH JEAN OULLIER, SPEAKS HIS MIND ABOUT YOUNG BARON MICHEL. — XLIII. — BARON MICHEL BECOMES BERTHA's AIDE-DE-CAMP. — XLIV. — MAÎTRE JACQUES AND HIS RABBITS. — XLV. — THE DANGER OF MEETING BAD COMPANY IN THE WOODS. — XLVI. — MAÎTRE JACQUES PROCEEDS TO KEEP THE OATH HE MADE TO AUBIN COURTE-JOIE. — END OF VOL I. — THE LAST VENDÉE; — OR, — THE SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL. — VOLUME II. — THE LAST VENDÉE; — OR, — THE SHE-WOLVES OF MACHECOUL. — I. — IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT ALL JEWS ARE NOT FROM JERUSALEM, NOR ALL TURKS FROM TUNIS. — II. — MAÎTRE MARC. — III. — HOW PERSONS TRAVELLED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE LOWER LOIRE IN MAY, 1832. — IV. — A LITTLE HISTORY DOES NO HARM. — V. — PETIT-PIERRE RESOLVES ON KEEPING A BRAVE HEART AGAINST MISFORTUNE. — VI. — HOW JEAN OULLIER PROVED THAT WHEN THE WINE IS DRAWN IT IS BEST TO DRINK IT. — VII. — HEREIN IS EXPLAINED HOW AND WHY BARON MICHEL DECIDED TO GO TO NANTES. — VIII. — THE SHEEP, RETURNING TO THE FOLD, TUMBLES INTO A PIT-FALL. — IX. — TRIGAUD PROVES THAT IF HE HAD BEEN HERCULES, HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TWENTY-FOUR LABORS INSTEAD OF TWELVE. — X. — GIVING THE SLIP. — XI. — MARY IS VICTORIOUS AFTER THE MANNER OF PYRRHUS. — XII. — BARON MICHEL FINDS AN OAK INSTEAD OF A REED ON WHICH TO LEAN. — XIII. — THE LAST KNIGHTS OF ROYALTY. — XIV. — JEAN OULLIER LIES FOR THE GOOD OF THE CAUSE. — XV. — JAILER AND PRISONER ESCAPE TOGETHER. — XVI. — THE BATTLEFIELD. — XVII. — AFTER THE FIGHT. — XVIII. — THE CHÂTEAU DE LA PÉNISSIÈRE. — XIX. — THE MOOR OF BOUAIMÉ. — XX. — THE FIRM OF AUBIN COURTE-JOIE AND CO. DOES HONOR TO ITS PARTNERSHIP. — XXI. — IN WHICH SUCCOR COMES FROM AN UNEXPECTED QUARTER. — XXII. — ON THE HIGHWAY. — STATE OF SIEGE. — XXIII. — WHAT BECAME OF JEAN OULLIER. — XXIV. — MAÎTRE COURTIN'S BATTERIES. — XXV. — MADAME LA BARONNE DE LA LOGERIE, THINKING TO SERVE HER SON'S INTERESTS, SERVES THOSE OF PETIT-PIERRE. — XXVI. — MARCHES AND COUNTER-MARCHES. — XXVII. — MICHEL'S LOVE AFFAIRS SEEM TO BE TAKING A HAPPIER TURN. — XXVIII. — SHOWING HOW THERE MAY BE FISHERMEN AND FISHERMKN. — XXIX. — INTERROGATORIES AND CONFRONTINGS. — XXX. — WE AGAIN MEET THE GENERAL, AND FIND HE IS NOT CHANGED. — XXXI. — COURTIN MEETS WITH ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT. — XXXII. — THE MARQUIS DE SOUDAY DRAGS FOR OYSTERS AND BRINGS UP PICAUT. — XXXIII. — THAT WHICH HAPPENED IN TWO DWELLINGS. — XXXIV. — COURTIN FINGERS AT LAST HIS FIFTY THOUSAND FRANCS. — XXXV. — THE TAVERN OF THE GRAND SAINT-JACQUES. — XXXVI. — JUDAS AND JUDAS. — XXXVII. — AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. — XXXVIII. — THE RED-BREECHES. — XXXIX. — A WOUNDED SOUL. — XL. — THE CHIMNEY-BACK. — XLI. — THREE BROKEN HEARTS. — XLII. — GOD'S EXECUTIONER. — XLIII. — SHOWS THAT A MAN WITH FIFTY THOUSAND FRANCS ABOUT HIM MAY BE MUCH EMBARRASSED. — EPILOGUE. — FOOTNOTES — THE END.

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