MADAME CHRYSANTHEME
By Pierre Loti
With a Preface by ALBERT SOREL, of the French Academy
CONTENTS
[ PIERRE LOTI ]
[ DEDICATION ]
[ INTRODUCTION ]
[ MME. CHRYSANTHEME ]
[ BOOK 1. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ]THE MYSTERIOUS LAND
[ CHAPTER II. ]STRANGE SCENES
[ CHAPTER III. ]THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS
[ CHAPTER IV. ]CHOOSING A BRIDE
[ CHAPTER V. ]A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE
[ CHAPTER VI. ]MY NEW MENAGE
[ CHAPTER VII. ]THE LADIES OF THE FANS
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]THE NECESSARY VEIL
[ CHAPTER IX. ]MY PLAYTHING
[ CHAPTER X. ]NOCTURNAL TERRORS
[ CHAPTER XI. ]A GAME OF ARCHERY
[ BOOK 2. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. ]HAPPY FAMILIES!
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]OUR “VERY TALL FRIEND”
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]OUR PIOUS HOSTS
[ CHAPTER XV. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]SLEEPING JAPAN
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]THE SONG OF THE CICALA
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL
[ CHAPTER XIX. ]MY JAPANESE RELATIVES
[ CHAPTER XX. ]A DEAD FAIRY
[ CHAPTER XXI. ]ANCIENT TOMBS
[ CHAPTER XXII. ]DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ]A FANTASTIC FUNERAL
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ]SOCIABILITY
[ CHAPTER XXV. ]UNWELCOME GUESTS
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ]A QUIET SMOKE
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ]THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ]A DOLL’S CORRESPONDENCE
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ]SUDDEN SHOWERS
[ CHAPTER XXX. ]A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ]BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ]STRANGE YEARNINGS
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ]A GENEROUS HUSBAND
[ BOOK 3. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ]THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ]THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ]MY NAUGHTY DOLL
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ]COMPLICATIONS
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ]THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY!
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ]A LADY OF JAPAN
[ CHAPTER XL. ]OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES
[ CHAPTER XLI. ]AN UNEXPECTED CALL
[ CHAPTER XLII. ]AN ORIENTAL VISION
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ]THE CATS AND THE DOLLS
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ]TENDER MINISTRATIONS
[ CHAPTER XLV. ]TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS
[ CHAPTER XLVI. ]GRAVE SUSPICIONS
[ BOOK 4. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII. ]A MIDNIGHT ALARM
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ]UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY
[ CHAPTER XLIX. ]RUMORS OF DEPARTURE
[ CHAPTER L. ]A DOLLS’ DUET
[ CHAPTER LI. ]THE LAST DAY
[ CHAPTER LII. ]"FAREWELL!”
[ CHAPTER LIII. ]OFF FOR CHINA
[ CHAPTER LIV. ]A FADING PICTURE
[ CHAPTER LV. ]A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER