THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE;

OR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER
ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFE

By Honore De Balzac


Contents

[ INTRODUCTION ]
[ FIRST PART. A GENERAL CONSIDERATION. ] [ MEDITATION I. THE SUBJECT. ] [ MEDITATION II. MARRIAGE STATISTICS. ] [ MEDITATION III. OF THE HONEST WOMAN. ] [ APHORISMS. ] [ MEDITATION IV. OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN. ] [ MEDITATION V. OF THE PREDESTINED. ] [ MEDITATION VI. OF BOARDING SCHOOLS. ] [ MEDITATION VII. OF THE HONEYMOON. ] [ MEDITATION VIII. OF THE FIRST SYMPTOMS. ] [ MEDITATION IX. EPILOGUE. ]
[ SECOND PART. MEANS OF DEFENCE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR. ] [ MEDITATION X. A TREATISE ON MARITAL POLICY. ] [ MEDITATION XI. INSTRUCTION IN THE HOME. ] [ MEDITATION XII. THE HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE. ] [ MEDITATION XIII. OF PERSONAL MEASURES. ] [ MEDITATION XIV. OF APARTMENTS. ] [ MEDITATION XV. OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE. ] [ MEDITATION XVI. THE CHARTER OF MARRIAGE. ] [ MEDITATION XVII. THE THEORY OF THE BED. ] [ MEDITATION XVIII. OF MARITAL REVOLUTIONS. ] [ MEDITATION XIX. OF THE LOVER. ] [ MEDITATION XX. ESSAY ON POLICE. ] [ MEDITATION XXI. THE ART OF RETURNING HOME. ] [ MEDITATION XXII. OF CATASTROPHES. ]
[ THIRD PART. RELATING TO CIVIL WAR. ] [ MEDITATION XXIII. OF MANIFESTOES. ] [ MEDITATION XXIV. PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY. ]
[ MEDITATION XXV. OF ALLIES. ] [ 1. OF RELIGIONS AND OF CONFESSION; CONSIDERED IN THEIR CONNECTION WITH ] [ 2. OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW. ] [ 3. OF BOARDING SCHOOL FRIENDS AND INTIMATE FRIENDS. ] [ 4. OF THE LOVER’S ALLIES. ] [ 6. OF THE DOCTOR. ]
[ MEDITATION XXVI. OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS. ] [ MEDITATION XXVII. OF THE LAST SYMPTOMS. ] [ MINOTAURIC OBSERVATIONS. ] [ LAST AXIOMS. ] [ MEDITATION XXVIII. OF COMPENSATIONS. ] [ MEDITATION XXIX. OF CONJUGAL PEACE. ] [ MEDITATION XXX. CONCLUSION. ] [ POSTSCRIPT. ]