The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)

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Author

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

Title

The Lesser Bourgeoisie

Credits

Produced by John Bickers, Dagny, and Bonnie Sala, and 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.

1641

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1641

Release Date

December 9, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE (The Middle Classes)
2. 2.By Honore De Balzac — Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley — THE LESSER BOURGEOISIE — (The Middle Classes)
3. 3.PART I. THE LESSER BOURGEOIS OF PARIS
4. 4.CHAPTER I. DEPARTING PARIS
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE HISTORY OF A TYRANNY
6. 6.CHAPTER III. COLLEVILLE
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE CIRCLE OF MONSIEUR AND MADAME THUILLIER
8. 8.CHAPTER V. A PRINCIPAL PERSONAGE
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. A KEYNOTE
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE WORTHY PHELLIONS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. AD MAJOREM THEODOSIS GLORIAM
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE BANKER OF THE POOR
13. 13.CHAPTER X. HOW BRIGITTE WAS WON
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE REIGN OF THEODOSE
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. DEVILS AGAINST DEVILS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE PERVERSITY OF DOVES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. ONE OF CERIZET’S FEMALE CLIENTS
18. 18.CHAPTER XV
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. DU PORTAIL
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH THE LAMB DEVOURS THE WOLF
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. SET A SAINT TO CATCH A SAINT
22. 22.PART II. THE PARVENUS
23. 23.CHAPTER I. PHELLION, UNDER A NEW ASPECT
24. 24.CHAPTER II. THE PROVENCAL’S PRESENT POSITION
25. 25.CHAPTER III. GOOD BLOOD CANNOT LIE
26. 26.CHAPTER IV. HUNGARY VERSUS PROVENCE
27. 27.CHAPTER V. SHOWING HOW NEAR THE TARPEIAN ROCK IS TO THE CAPITOL
28. 28.CHAPTER VI. ‘TWAS THUS THEY BADE ADIEU
29. 29.CHAPTER VII. HOW TO SHUT THE DOOR IN PEOPLE’S FACES
30. 30.CHAPTER VIII
31. 31.CHAPTER IX. GIVE AND TAKE
32. 32.CHAPTER X. IN WHICH CERIZET PRACTISES THE HEALING ART AND — THE ART OF POISONING ON THE SAME DAY
33. 33.CHAPTER XI. EXPLANATIONS AND WHAT CAME OF THEM
34. 34.CHAPTER XII. A STAR
35. 35.CHAPTER XIII. THE MAN WHO THINKS THE STAR TOO BRIGHT
36. 36.CHAPTER XIV. A STORMY DAY
37. 37.CHAPTER XV. AT DU PORTAIL’S
38. 38.CHAPTER XVI. CHECKMATE TO THUILLIER
39. 39.CHAPTER XVII. IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS FUNCTIONS
40. 40.ADDENDUM — The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

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