The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete

by Alfred de Musset

CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY

(Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle)

By Alfred de Musset

With a Preface by HENRI DE BORNIER, of the French Academy

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CONTENTS

[ ALFRED DE MUSSET ]
[ THE CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY ]
[ 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

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