(Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle)

By Alfred de Musset

[ BOOK 1.]

[ PART I.]

[ CHAPTER I. ]	TO THE READER
[ CHAPTER II. ]	REFLECTIONS
[ CHAPTER III. ]	THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	THE PATH OF DESPAIR
[ CHAPTER V. ]	A PHILOSOPHER'S ADVICE
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	MADAME LEVASSEUR
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	THE WISDOM OF SIRACH
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	THE SEARCH FOR HEALING
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	BACCHUS, THE CONSOLER

[ PART II.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	AT THE CROSSWAYS
[ CHAPTER II. ]	THE CHOSEN WAY
[ CHAPTER III. ]	AFRICAN HOSPITALITY
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	MARCO
[ CHAPTER V. ]	SATIETY

[ BOOK 2.]

[ PART III.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	DEATH, THE INEVITABLE
[ CHAPTER II. ]	THE BALM OF SOLITUDE
[ CHAPTER III. ]	BRIGITTE
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	RIPENING ACQUAINTANCE
[ CHAPTER V. ]	AN INTERVIEW
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	THE RUGGED PATH OF LOVE
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	THE VENUSBERG AGAIN

[ PART IV.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	THE THORNS OF LOVE
[ CHAPTER II. ]	UNCERTAINTY
[ CHAPTER III. ]	EXPLANATIONS
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	BRIGITTE'S LOSS
[ CHAPTER V. ]	A TORTURED SOUL

[ BOOK 3.]

[ PART V.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	SWEET ANTICIPATIONS
[ CHAPTER II. ]	THE DEMON OF DOUBT
[ CHAPTER III. ]	THE QUESTION OF SMITH
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	IN THE FURNACE
[ CHAPTER V. ]	TRUTH AT LAST
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	SELF-SACRIFICE THE SOLUTION

[ BOOK 1.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	"THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH"
[ CHAPTER II. ]	FRUIT FROM THE HOTBED OF PARIS
[ CHAPTER III. ]	DEBRIS FROM THE REVOLUTION
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	A NEW ACTRESS IN A NOVEL ROLE
[ CHAPTER V. ]	THE COUNT LOSES A LADY AND FINDS A MISSION
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	THE OLD DOMAIN OF REUILLY
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	ELISE DE TECLE
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	A DISH OF POLITICS

[ BOOK 2.]
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	LOVE CONQUERS PHILOSOPHY
[ CHAPTER X. ]	THE PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY
[ CHAPTER XI. ]	NEW MAN OF THE NEW EMPIRE
[ CHAPTER XII. ]	CIRCE
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]	THE FIRST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]	AN ANONYMOUS LETTER

[ BOOK 3.]
[ CHAPTER XV. ]	THE COUNTESS DE CAMORS
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]	THE REPTILE STRIVES TO CLIMB
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]	LIGHTNING FROM A CLEAR SKY
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]	ONE GLEAM OF HOPE
[ CHAPTER XIX. ]	THE REPTILE TURNS TO STING
[ CHAPTER XX. ]	THE SECOND ACT OF THE TRAGEDY
[ CHAPTER XXI. ]	THE FEATHER IN THE BALANCE
[ CHAPTER XXII. ]	THE CURTAIN FALLS

[ BOOK 1.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	ON THE BALCONY
[ CHAPTER II. ]	SAD CHANGES
[ CHAPTER III. ]	PAPA AND MAMMA GERARD
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	THE DEMON ABSINTHE

[ BOOK 2.]
[ CHAPTER V. ]	AMEDEE MAKES FRIENDS
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	DREAMS OF LOVE
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	A GENTLE COUNSELLOR
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	BUTTERFLIES AND GRASSHOPPERS
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	THORNS OF JEALOUSY
[ CHAPTER X. ]	A BUDDING POET

[ BOOK 3.]
[ CHAPTER XI. ]	SUCCESS
[ CHAPTER XII. ]	SOCIAL TRIUMPHS
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]	A SERPENT AT THE FIRESIDE

[ BOOK 4.]
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]	TOO LATE!
[ CHAPTER XV. ]	REPARATION
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]	IN TIME OF WAR
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]	"WHEN YOUTH, THE DREAM, DEPARTS"

[ BOOK 1.]
[ CHAPTER I. ]	A DILETTANTE AND A BELIEVER
[ CHAPTER II. ]	THE BEGINNING OF A DRAMA
[ CHAPTER III. ]	BOLESLAS GORKA

[ BOOK 2.]
[ CHAPTER IV. ]	APPROACHING DANGER
[ CHAPTER V. ]	COUNTESS STENO
[ CHAPTER VI. ]	THE INCONSISTENCY OF AN OLD CHOUAN

[ BOOK 3.]
[ CHAPTER VII. ]	A LITTLE RELATIVE OF IAGO
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]	ON THE GROUND

[ BOOK 4.]
[ CHAPTER IX. ]	LUCID ALBA
[ CHAPTER X. ]	COMMON MISERY
[ CHAPTER XI. ]	THE LAKE DI PORTO
[ CHAPTER XII. ]	EPILOGUE