CONTENTS

Chapter

I. [A MANSARDE IN THE LATIN QUARTER]
II. [A POET'S LONGINGS]
III. [THE YOUNG HARVEST-GIRL]
IV. [TEMPTATION]
V. [PAQUERETTE]
VI. [DESPAIR]
VII. [LAURENCE]
VIII. [A MISSION FROM ON HIGH]
IX. [THE COURSE OF REFORMATION]
X. [THE EMBROIDERY STRIP]
XI. [ON THE WAY TO THE BALL]
XII. [THE PUBLIC BALL]
XIII. [AN ACCEPTANCE OF REALITY]
XIV. [JACQUES AND MARIE]
XV. [BITING POVERTY]
XVI. [REMINISCENCES]
XVII. [CLAUDE'S LOVE]
XVIII. [JACQUES' SUPPER]
XIX. [A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY]
XX. [A BITTER AVOWAL]
XXI. [A HORRIBLE PROPOSITION]
XXII. [THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL]
XXIII. [PRACTICAL ADVICE]
XXIV. [SAD REFLECTIONS]
XXV. [THE FAIR]
XXVI. [AT MARIE'S BEDSIDE]
XXVII. [MARIE'S DEATH]
XXVIII. [LAURENCE'S DEPARTURE]
XXIX. [CONCLUSION]


CLAUDE'S CONFESSION.

BY ÉMILE ZOLA.
AUTHOR Of "NANA," "L'ASSOMMOIR," "THE GIRL IN SCARLET," "HELENE,"
"POT-BOUILLE," "THERESE RAQUIN," "THE MYSTERIES OF MARSEILLES,"
"MAGDALEN FERAT," "A MAD LOVE: OR, THE ABBE AND HIS COURT,"
"THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT OF LOUIS NAPOLEON,"
"LA BELLE LISA; OR, THE PARIS MARKET GIRLS,"
"ALBINE; OR, THE ABBE'S TEMPTATION."

CHAPTER I

[A MANSARDE IN THE LATIN QUARTER]