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Horace

• Lien : Horace

SATIRES, BOOK I

• 1. On Discontent
• 2. On Extremism
• 3. On Tolerance
• 4. A Defence of Satire
• 5. Journey to Brundisium
• 7. On Ambition
• 8. A Battle of Wits
• 9. Priapus and the Witches
• 10. A Nuisance
• 11. On Satire
  

SATIRES, BOOK II

• 1. On Satire Again
• 2. The Simple Life
• 3. On Human Folly
• 4. The Art of Good Living
• 5. Legacy Hunting
• 6. Town versus Country
• 7. Of Spiritual Freedom
• 8. A Dinner Party

• Horace "The Odes" Book I
• Horace "The Odes" Book II ²

Virgil

• Lien : Virgil : Eclogues

• I. The Dialogue of Meliboeus and Tityrus
• II. Corydon’s Love for Alexis
• III. The Dialogue of Menalcas and Damoetas
• IV. The Golden Age
• V. The Dialogue of Menalcas and Mopsus
• VI. The Song of Silenus
• VII. Corydon and Thyrsis Compete
• VIII. Damon and Alphesiboeus Compete
• IX. The Dialogue of Lycidas and Moeris
• X. Gallus’s Love

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Baudelaire

• Incompatibility
• The Albatross
• Harmony of evening
• The Invitation to the Voyage

Mallarmé

• The Poem’s Gift

Apollinaire

• Twilight
• Clotilde
• The White Snow
• The Farewell
• The Bells
• The Gypsy
• The Sign
• One Evening
• Moonlight
• Autumn
• Hotels
• Hunting Horns
• Vitam Impendere Amori
• The Mirabeau Bridge
• Acrobats
• The Bestiary: or Orpheus’s Procession

Book I

• Chapter 1: Origins
• Chapter 2: Birth of my brothers and sisters - I arrive in the world.
• Chapter 3: Plancouët – A Vow – Combourg – My father’s scheme for my education – La Villeneuve – Lucile – Mesdemoiselles Couppart – A bad scholar
• Chapter 4: Life of my maternal grandmother and her sister at Plancouët – My uncle the Comte de Bedée, at Monchoix – Release from my nurse’s vow
• Chapter 5: Gesril – Hervine Magon – The fight with the two ship’s boys
• Chapter 6: A note from Monsieur Pasquier – Dieppe – A change in my education – Spring in Brittany – Ancient Forest – Pelagian Fields – Moonset over the sea
• Chapter 7: Departure for Combourg – A description of the Château

Book II

• Chapter 1: The School at Dol – Mathematics and Languages –The nature of my memory
• Chapter 2: Holidays at Combourg – Life in a provincial château – Feudal customs – The inhabitants of Combourg
• Chapter 3: Holidays again at Combourg – The Conti Regiment – Camp at Saint-Malo – An Abbey – The Theatre – My two eldest sisters’ marriages – Return to school – A revolution begins in my ideas
• Chapter 4: The adventure of the magpie – Three holidays at Combourg – The charlatan – Return to school
• Chapter 5: Invasion of France – Games – The Abbé de Chateaubriand
• Chapter 6: First Communion – I leave Dol College
• Chapter 7: Mission at Combourg – Rennes College – I meet Gesril again – Moreau – Limoëlan – My third sister’s marriage
• Chapter 8: I am sent to Brest to take the Navy examination – The Port of Brest – I meet Gesril again – La Pérouse – I return to Combourg
• Chapter 9: A Walk – The Ghost of Combourg
• Chapter 10: College at Dinan – Broussais – I return to my parents’ house

Book III

• Chapter 1: Life at Combourg – Days and Evenings.
• Chapter 2: My keep.
• Chapter 3: The passage from childhood to adulthood.
• Chapter 4: Lucile.
• Chapter 5: First breath of the Muse.
• Chapter 6: A manuscript of Lucile’s.
• Chapter 7: The last lines written at the Vallée-aux-Loups – A disclosure concerning my secret life.
• Chapter 8: Phantom of love.
• Chapter 9: Two years delirium – Occupations and dreams.
• Chapter 10: My autumn joys.
• Chapter 11: Incantation.
• Chapter 12: Temptation.
• Chapter 13: Illness – I am afraid and refuse to enter into the ecclesiastical state – A planned passage to India.
• Chapter 14: A moment in my native town – Memory of La Villeneuve and the tribulations of my childhood – I am recalled to Combourg – Last interview with my father – I enter the service -Farewell to Combourg

Book IV

• Chapter 1: Berlin – Potsdam – Frederick.
• Chapter 2: My Brother – My Cousin Moreau – My sister the Comtesse de Farcy.
• Chapter 3: Julie in society – Dinner – Pommereul – Madame de Chastenay.
• Chapter 4: Cambrai – The Navarre Regiment – La Martinière.
• Chapter 5: My father’s death.
• Chapter 6: Regrets – Would my father have appreciated me?.
• Chapter 7: Return to Brittany – A stay with my eldest sister – My brother summons me to Paris.
• Chapter 8: My solitary life in Paris.
• Chapter 9: Presentation at Versailles – Hunting with the King.
• Chapter 10: Trip to Brittany – Garrison in Dieppe – Return to Paris with Lucile and Julie.
• Chapter 11: Delisle de Sales – Flins – Life of a man of letters.
• Chapter 12: Men of letters – Portraits.
• Chapter 13: The Rosanbo family – Monsieur de Malesherbes: his predilection for Lucile – Appearance and transformation of my Sylph

Book V

• Chapter 1: First political stirrings in Brittany – A glance at the history of the Monarchy.
• Chapter 2: Constitution of the States of Brittany – The meeting of the States.
• Chapter 3: The royal revenues in Brittany – Revenues peculiar to the province – The fouage (feudal tax) – I attend my first political meeting – A Scene.
• Chapter 4: My mother retires to Saint-Malo.
• Chapter 5: Receiving the tonsure - The environs of Saint-Malo.
• Chapter 6: The ghost - Illness.
• Chapter 7: The States of Brittany in 1789 – Insurrection –The death of Saint-Riveul, my friend from college.
• Chapter 8: The year 1789 – Journey from Brittany to Paris–Turmoil along the way – How Paris looked – Dismissal of Monsieur Necker – Versailles – The gaiety of the Royal Family - General insurrection – The taking of the Bastille.
• Chapter 9: The effect on the Court of the taking of the Bastille – The heads of Foulon and Bertier.
• Chapter 10: The recall of Monsieur Necker– The debate of the 4th August 1789 – The Day of the 5th October – The King is brought to Paris.
• Chapter 11: The Constituent Assembly.
• Chapter 12: Mirabeau.
• Chapter 13: The sessions of the National Assembly - Robespierre.
• Chapter 14: Society – How Paris appeared
• Chapter 15: What I did in the midst of all this chaos – My solitary days – Mademoiselle Monet – With Monsieur de Malesherbes I decide on my plan for a voyage to America – Bonaparte and I, unknown second-lieutenants – The Marquis de La Rouërie – I embark at Saint-Malo – Last thoughts on leaving my native land.

Book VI

• Chapter 1: Prologue.
• Chapter 2: Ocean Passage.
• Chapter 3: Francis Tulloch – Christopher Columbus - Camoëns.
• Chapter 4: The Azores – The Island of Graciosa.
• Chapter 5: Ocean customs – The Island of Saint-Pierre.
• Chapter 6: The Virginian Coast – The setting sun – Peril – I land in America – Baltimore – The passengers disperse - Tulloch.
• Chapter 7: Philadelphia – General Washington.
• Chapter 8: Comparison of Washington and Bonaparte.

Book VII

• Chapter 1: Journey from Philadelphia to New-York and Boston - Mackenzie.
• Chapter 2: The Hudson River – A passenger’s recital – Mr Swift – Departure for Niagara Falls with a Dutch guide – Monsieur Violet.
• Chapter 3: My savage outfit– Hunting– The Carcajou or Wolverine– The Muskrat – Water dogs – Insects – Montcalm and Wolfe.
• Chapter 4: Encampment by the Lake of the Onondagas – Arabs – The Indian and the cow.
• Chapter 5: An Iroquois – The Sachem of the Onondagas – Velly and the Franks – A ceremony of hospitality – The Ancient Greeks.
• Chapter 6: Journey from the Lake of the Onondagas to the River Genesee – Bees – Clearings – Hospitality – A bed – A rattlesnake charmed by a flute.
• Chapter 7: An Indian Family – Night in the forest – The family departs – The savages of Niagara Falls – Captain Gordon – Jerusalem.
• Chapter 8: Niagara Falls – A rattlesnake – I fall over the edge of the gorge.
• Chapter 9: Twelve days in a cabin – Changing customs among the savages – Birth and death – Montaigne – Song of the adder –The little Indian girl, the original of Mila.
• Chapter 10: DIGRESSIONS - Ancient Canada – The Indian population – The decline of customs – The true civilisation spread by religion; the false civilisation spread by trade – The Métis or Burntwoods – The Wars between the Companies – The death of the Indian languages.
• Chapter 11: The former French possessions in America – Regrets – Obsession with the past – A note from Francis Conyngham.

Book VIII

• Chapter 1: The Lakes of Canada – A fleet of Indian canoes – The history of the rivers.
• Chapter 2: The Course of the Ohio.
• Chapter 3: The Fountain of Youth – Muskogees and Seminoles.
• Chapter 4: Two Floridian Women.
• Chapter 5: The nature of the young Musgokee ladies – The King’s arrest at Vincennes – I interrupt my travels to return to Europe.
• Chapter 6: Potential risks for the United States.
• Chapter 7: Return to Europe - Shipwreck.

Book IX

• Chapter 1: I go to seek my mother at Saint-Malo – The progress of the Revolution – My marriage.
• Chapter 2: Paris – Old and new knowledge – Abbé Barthélemy – Saint-Ange – The Theatre.
• Chapter 3: The changing face of Paris – The Cordeliers Club – Marat.
• Chapter 4: Danton – Camille Desmoulins – Fabre d’Églantine.
• CChapter 5: Monsieur Malesherbes opinion concerning my emigration .
• Chapter 6: I gamble and lose - An adventure in a fiacre (four-wheeled cab) – Madame Roland – The Gate of L’Ermitage – The Second Federation of the 14th July – Preparations for Emigration.
• Chapter 7: I and my brother emigrate – Saint-Louis’ adventure – We cross the frontier.
• Chapter 8: Brussels – Dinner with the Baron de Breteuil - Rivarol – Departure for the Army of the Princes – The route – Encounter with the Prussian Army – I arrive at Trèves.
• Chapter 9: The Army of the Princes – The Roman amphitheatre - Atala – Henry IV and his shirts.
• Chapter 10: A Soldier’s life – The last appearance of the old army of France.
• Chapter 11: The Siege of Thionville begins – The Chevalier de La Baronnais.
• Chapter 12: Continuation of the siege – Contrasts – Saints in the woods – the Battle of Bouvines – On patrol – An unexpected encounter – The effects of cannonballs and shells
• Chapter 13: The Camp’s marketplace.
• Chapter 14: Night by the weapon stacks – Dutch dogs – Remembrance of the martyrs – Who my companions were in the forward positions – Eudore – Ulysses.
• Chapter 15: The passage of the Moselle – Combat – Libba the deaf-mute – The attack on Thionville.
• Chapter 16: The lifting of the siege – Entry into Verdun – The Prussian sickness (dysentery) – Retreat – Smallpox.

Book X

• Chapter 1: The Ardennes
• Chapter 2: The Prince de Ligne’s wagons – The women of Namure – I find my brother again in Brussels – Our last farewell.
• Chapter 3: Ostend – The crossing to Jersey – I am landed on Guernsey –The pilot’s wife – Jersey – My uncle De Bedée and his family – A description of the island – The Duc de Berry – Friends and relatives lost – The misfortune of growing old – I cross to England – My last meeting with Gesril
• Chapter 4: The Literary Fund – An attic in Holborn – The worsening of my health – A visit to the doctors – Émigrés in London.
• Chapter 5: Peltier – Literary effort – My friendship with Hingant – Our walks – A night in Westminster Cathedral
• Chapter 6: Distress – Unforeseen help – A lodging over a cemetery – New friends in misfortune – Our pleasures – My cousin La Bouëtardais
• Chapter 7: A sumptuous reception – The end of my forty crowns – Fresh misery - Table d’hôte – Bishops – Dining at the London Tavern – Camden’s manuscripts
• Chapter 8: My provincial occupations – My brother’s death – Family misfortunes – Two Frances – Hingant’s letters
• Chapter 9: Charlotte
• Chapter 10: Return to London
• Chapter 11: An astonishing encounter

Book XI

• Chapter 1: A defect in my character
• Chapter 2: The Essai historique sur les Révolutions – Its effect – A letter from Lemière, the nephew of the poet
• Chapter 3: Fontanes – Cléry.
• Chapter 4: The death of my mother – Return to Religion.
• Chapter 5: Le Génie du Christianisme – A letter from the Chevalier de Panat
• Chapter 6: My uncle, Monsieur de Bedée – His eldest daughter

Book XII

• Chapter 1: DIGRESSIONS: English Literature – The withering away of the old schools – Historians – Poets – Publicists - Shakespeare
• Chapter 2: DIGRESSIONS: Old Novels – New novels – Richardson – Walter Scott
• Chapter 3: DIGRESSIONS: The new poetry – Beattie
• Chapter 4: DIGRESSIONS: Lord Byron
• Chapter 5: England from Richmond to Greenwich – A trip with Peltier – Blenheim – Stowe – Hampton Court – Oxford – Eton College – Private life; political life – Fox – Pitt – Burke – George III
• Chapter 6 : The Émigrés return to France – The Prussian Minister grants me a false passport under the name of Lassagne, a resident of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland – The end of my career as a soldier and traveller – I land at Calais

Book XIII

• Chapter 1: My stay in Dieppe – Two societies.
• Chapter 2: The stage my Memoirs have reached.
• Chapter 3: The year 1800 – The scene in France – I arrive in Paris.
• Chapter 4: The year 1800 – My life in Paris.
• Chapter 5: A change in society.
• Chapter 6: My life in 1801 – Le Mercure - Atala.
• Chapter 7: The year 1801 – Madame de Beaumont: her set.
• Chapter 8: The year 1801 – Summer at Savigny.
• Chapter 9: The year 1802 – Talma.
• Chapter 10: The years 1802 and 1803 – Le Génie du Christianisme – Disaster predicted – The reason for ultimate success.
• Chapter 11: Le Génie du Christianisme, continued – The faults of the work.

Book XIV

• Chapter 1: The years 1802 and 1803 – Châteaux – Madame de Custine – Monsieur de Saint-Martin – Madame d’Houdetot and Saint-Lambert
• Chapter 2: Travels in the French Midi (1802)
• Chapter 3: The years 1802 and 1803 – Monsieur de Laharpe: his death
• Chapter 4: The years 1802 and 1803 – Interview with Napoleon
• Chapter 5: The year 1803 – I am named as First Secretary to the Embassy in Rome
• Chapter 6: The year 1803 – Journey from Paris to the Savoy Alps
• Chapter 7: From Mont Cenis to Rome – Milan and Rome.
• Chapter 8: Cardinal Fesch’s palace – My tasks.

Book XV

• Chapter 1: The year 1803 – Madame de Beaumont’s manuscripts – The letters of Madame de Caud
• Chapter 2: Madame de Beaumont’s arrival in Rome – A letter from my sister.
• Chapter 3: A letter from Madame de Krüdner
• Chapter 4: The death of Madame de Beaumont.
• Chapter 5: The Funeral
• Chapter 6: The year 1803: Letters fom Monsieur Chênedollé, Monsieur de Fontanes, Monsieur Necker, and Madame de Staël
• Chapter 7: The years 1803 and 1804: The first idea of my Memoirs – I am named Minister of France for the Valais – Departure from Rome

Book XVI

• Chapter 1: The year 1804 – The Valais Republic – A visit to the TuileriesPalace – The Hôtel de Montmorin – I hear of the death of the Duc d’Enghien – I hand in my resignation.
• Chapter 2: The Death of the Duc d’Enghien.
• Chapter 3: The Year 1804.
• Chapter 4: General Hulin.
• Chapter 5: The Duc de Rovigo.
• Chapter 6: Monsieur de Talleyrand.
• Chapter 7: Their various roles.
• Chapter 8: Bonaparte: his sophistry and remorse.
• Chapter 9: What should be concluded from all this – Enmities created by the death of the Duc d’Enghien.
• Chapter 10: An article in Le Mercure – The change in Bonaparte’s existence.
• Chapter 11: Chantilly Deserted.

Book XVII

• Chapter 1: The year 1804 – I take up residence in the Rue de Miromesnil – Verneuil – Alexis de Tocqueville – Le Mesnil – Mézy - Méréville.
• Chapter 2: Madame de Coislin.
• Chapter 3: A journey to Vichy, through Auvergne, to Mont-Blanc.
• Chapter 4: Return to Lyons.
• Chapter 5: Trip to the Grande-Chartreuse.
• Chapter 6: The death of Madame de Caud (Lucile).

Book XVIII

• Chapter 1: The years 1805 and 1806 – I return to Paris – I leave for the Levant.
• Chapter 2: From Constantinope to Jerusalem – I embark at Constantinople on a ship carrying Greek pilgrims to Syria.
• Chapter 3: From Tunis to my return to France via Spain.
• Chapter 4: Reflection on my Travels – The Death of Julien.
• Chapter 5: The Years 1807, 1808, 1809 and 1810 – An article in the Mercury, June 1807 – I buy the Vallée-Aux-Loups and retreat there.
• Chapter 6: Les Martyrs.
• Chapter 7: Armand de Chateaubriand.
• Chapter 8: The Years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814 – Publication of the Itinerary – A letter from Cardinal de Bausset – The death of Chénier – I am received as a member of the Academy – The matter of my speech – The Decennial Prize.
• Chapter 9: L’Essai sur les Révolutions – Les Natchez.

Book XIX

• Chapter 1: Bonaparte.
• Chapter 2: Bonaparte – His Family.
• Chapter 3: The Corsican branch of the Bonapartes specifically.
• Chapter 4: Bonaparte’s birth and childhood.
• Chapter 5: Bonaparte’s Corsica.
• Chapter 6: Paoli.
• Chapter 7: Two pamphlets.
• Chapter 8: A Captain’s brevet.
• Chapter 9: Toulon.
• Chapter 10: The Days of Vendémiaire.
• Chapter 11: The Days of Vendémiaire - Continued.
• Chapter 12: The Italian Campaign.
• Chapter 13: The Congress of Rastadt – Napoleon’s return to France – Napoleon is named Commander of the Army against England – He leaves on the Egyptian Expedition.
• Chapter 14: Malta – The Battle of the Pyramids – Cairo – Napoleon inside the Great Pyramid – Suez.
• Chapter 15: The Army’s opinion.
• Chapter 16: The Syrian Campaign.
• Chapter 17: Return to Egypt – The Conquest of Upper Egypt.
• Chapter 18: The Battle of Aboukir – Napoleon’s notes and letters – He returns to France – The 18th Brumaire.

Book XX

• Chapter 1: The position of France on Bonaparte’s return from the Egyptian Campaign.
• Chapter 2: The Consulate: A fresh invasion of Italy – The Thirty-Day Campaign – The Victory of Hohenlinden – The Peace of Luneville.
• Chapter 3: The Peace of Amiens –The breaking of the Treaty – Bonaparte created Emperor.
• Chapter 4: Empire: The Coronation – The Kingdom of Italy.
• Chapter 5: The Invasion of Germany – Austerlitz – The Peace Treaty of Pressbourg – The Sanhedrin.
• Chapter 6: The Fourth Coalition – Prussia vanishes – The Berlin Decree – War against Russia continues in Poland – Tilsit – A plan to divide the world between Napoleon and Alexander – Peace.
• Chapter 7: The War in Spain – Erfurt – The Emergence of Wellington.
• Chapter 8: Pius VII – The Union of the Roman States with France.
• Chapter 9: The sovereign Pontiff’s protest – He is removed from Rome.
• Chapter 10: The Fifth Coalition – The Capture of Venice – The Battle of Essling – The Battle of Wagram – Peace signed in the Emperor of Austria’s palace – Divorce – Napoleon marries Marie-Louise – The birth of the King of Rome.
• Chapter 11: Plans and preparations for the War on Russia – Napoleon’s embarrassment.
• Chapter 12: The Emperor undertakes his Russian expedition – Objections – Napoleon’s mistake.
• Chapter 13: The meeting in Dresden – Bonaparte reviews his army and arrives on the banks of the Niemen.

Book XXI

• Chapter 1: The Invasion of Russia – Vilna – Wibicki, the Polish Senator – The Russian Parlimentarian Balashov – Smolensk – Murat – Platov’s son.
• Chapter 2: The Russian retreat – The Borysthenes – Bonaparte’s obsession – Kutuzov succeeds Barclay in command of the Russian Army – The Battle of Moscow or Borodino – Bulletin – The appearance of the battlefield.
• Chapter 3: Extract from the eighteenth bulletin of the Grand Army.
• Chapter 4: The French advance – Rostopchin – Bonaparte on Salutation Hill – The View of Moscow – Napoleon enters the Kremlin – The Burning of Moscow – Bonaparte reaches the Petrovsky Palace with difficulty – Rostopchin’s proclamation – A halt among the ruins of Moscow – Bonaparte’s pastimes.
• Chapter 5: Retreat
• Chapter 6: Smolensk – The Retreat continued.
• Chapter 7: Smolensk – The Crossing of the Berezina.
• Chapter 8: A verdict on the Russian Campaign – The last bulletin of the Grand Army – Bonaparte’s return to Paris – The Senate Address.

Book XXII

• Chapter 1: The ills of France – Forced celebrations – A sojourn in my Valley – The Legitimacy awakes..
• Chapter 2: The Pope at Fontainebleau..
• Chapter 3: Defections – The deaths of Lagrange and Delille..
• Chapter 4: The Battles of Lützen, Bautzen and Dresden – Reverses in Spain.
• Chapter 5: The Campaign in Saxony, or the Campaign of The Poets.
• Chapter 6: The Battle of Leipzig – Bonaparte’s return to Paris – the Treaty of Valençay.
• Chapter 7: The Legislature convened – Then adjourned – The Allies cross the Rhine – Bonaparte’s anger – New Year’s Day 1814.
• Chapter 8: The Pope set at liberty.
• Chapter 9: Notes which became the pamphlet: De Bonaparte et des Bourbons – I take an apartment on the Rue de Rivoli – The notable Campaign of 1814 in France..
• Chapter 10: I begin printing my pamphlet – A note from Madame de Chateaubriand.
• Chapter 11: War at the gates of Paris – The appearance of Paris – Battle at Belleville – The Flight of Marie-Louise and the Regency – Monsieur de Talleyrand remains in Paris.
• Chapter 12: The proclamation of General the Prince Schwarzenberg – Alexander’s speech – The capitulation of Paris..
• Chapter 13: The Allies enter Paris.
• Chapter 14: Bonaparte at Fontainebleau – The Regency at Blois.
• Chapter 15: The publication of my pamphlet – De Bonaparte et Des Bourbons.
• Chapter 16: The Senate issue the Decree of Deposition.
• Chapter 17: The Hôtel de la Rue Saint-Florentin – Monsieur de Talleyrand.
• Chapter 18: The Proclamations of the Provisional Government – The Constitution proposed by the Senate.
• Chapter 19: The arrival of the Comte d’Artois – Bonaparte’s abdication at Fontainebleau..
• Chapter 20: Napoleon’s Journey to the Isle of Elba.
• Chapter 21: Louis XVIII at Compiègne – His entry into Paris – The Old Guard – An Irreparable Fault – The Declaration of Saint-Ouen – The Treaty of Paris – The Charter – Departure of the Allies.
• Chapter 22: The first year of the Restoration.
• Chapter 23: Were the Royalists to blame for the Restoration?..
• Chapter 24: First Minister – I publish Réflexions Politiques – Madame la Duchesse de Duras – I am named as Ambassador to Sweden.
• Chapter 25: The exhumation of the remains of Louis XVI – My first 21st of January at Saint-Denis. .
• Chapter 26: The Island of Elba.

Book XXIII

• Chapter 1: The Commencement of The Hundred Days – The return from Elba.
• Chapter 2: The Legitimacy in a state of torpor – Benjamin Constant’s article – Marshal Soult’s order of the day – A Royal session – The Petition of the Law School to the Chamber of Deputies.
• Chapter 3: A plan for the defence of Paris.
• Chapter 4: The flight of the King – I leave with Madame de Chateaubriand – Problems on the way – The Duc d’Orléans and the Prince de Condé – Tournai, Brussels – Memories – The Duc de Richelieu – The King halts at Ghent and summons me.
• Chapter 5: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT – The King and his council – I become interim Minister of the Interieur – Monsieur de Lallay-Tollendal – Madame the Duchesse de Duras – Marshal Victor– The Abbé Louis and Comte Beugnot – The Abbé Montesquiou – Dining on white fish: guests.
• Chapter 6: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED – The Ghent Moniteur – My report to the King: the effect of that report in Paris – Falsification.
• Chapter 7: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED – The Beguinage – How I was received – A grand dinner – Madame de Chateaubriand’s trip to Ostend – My life’s echoes – Anvers – A Stammerer– Death of a young English girl.
• Chapter 8: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED – Unusual activity at Ghent – The Duke of Wellington – Monsieur – Louis XVIII
• Chapter 9: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED – Historical memories in Ghent – Madame the Duchesse d’Angouleme arrives in Ghent – Monsieur de Sèze – Madame the Duchesse de Lévis.
• Chapter 10: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN GHENT, CONTINUED – The Pavillon Marsan’s equivalent at Ghent – Monsieur Gaillard, Councillor to the Royal Court – A secret visit by Madame la Baronne de Vitrolles – A note from Monsieur – Fouché.
• Chapter 11: EVENTS IN VIENNA – Negotiations by Monsieur de Saint-Léon, Fouché’s envoy – A proposal regarding Monsieur the Duc d’Orléans – Monsieur de Talleyrand – Alexander’s discontent with Louis XVIII – Various claims – La Besnardières’ report – An unexpected proposal to the Congress from Alexander: Lord Clancarthy causes it to fail – Monsieur de Talleyrand returns: his dispatch to Louis XVIII – The Declaration of Alliance, in truncated form in the official Frankfurt newspaper – Monsieur de Talleyrand wishes the King to return to France via the south-east provinces – Various visits to Vienna by the Prince of Benevento – he writes to me at Ghent: his letter
• Chapter 12: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN PARIS – The effect of the Legitimacy’s departure from France – Bonaparte’s astonishment – He is forced to capitulate to ideas he thought moribund – His new system – Three mighty players left – Liberal illusions – Clubs and Federations – Conjuring away the Republic: the Supplementary Act – The Chamber of Representatives convened – The futile Champ-De-Mai.
• Chapter 13: THE HUNDRED DAYS IN PARIS, CONTINUED – Bonaparte’s anxiety and bitterness.
• Chapter 14: A Resolution in Vienna – Action in Paris.
• Chapter 15: What was going on in Ghent – Monsieur de Blacas.
• Chapter 16: The Battle of Waterloo.
• Chapter 17: Confusion in Ghent – The reality of Waterloo.
• Chapter 18: Return of the Emperor – Re-appearance of Lafayette – Bonaparte’s fresh abdication – Stormy sessions of the Chamber of Peers - Threatening omens for the Second Restoration.
• Chapter 19: Departure from Ghent – Arrival at Mons – I lose the first chance of success in my political career – Monsieur de Talleyrand at Mons – A scene with the King – Stupidly, I show an interest in Monsieur de Talleyrand.
• Chapter 20: From Mons to Gonesse – With Monsieur le Comte Beugnot I oppose Fouché’s nomination as a Minister: my reasons – The Duke of Wellington gains the upper hand – Arnouville – Saint-Denis – A last conversation with the King.

Book XXIV

• Chapter 1: Bonaparte at Malmaison – Universal desertion.
• Chapter 2: Departure from Malmaison – Rambouillet – Rochefort
• Chapter 3: Bonaparte takes refuge with the English fleet – He writes to the Prince Regent
• Chapter 4: Bonparte aboard the Bellerephon – Torbay – The Act confining Bonaparte to St Helena – He transfers to the Northumberland and sets sail
• Chapter 5: An assessment of Bonaparte.
• Chapter 6: Bonaparte’s character
• Chapter 7: Whether Bonaparte has left us in renown the equivalent of what he has taken from us by force?.
• Chapter 8: The uselessness of the truths revealed above.
• Chapter 9: The island of St Helena – Bonaparte travels the Atlantic
• Chapter 10: Napoleon lands on St Helena – His establishment at Longwood – Precautions – Life at Longwood – Visits.
• Chapter 11: Manzoni – Bonaparte’s illness – Ossian – Napoleon’s daydreams by the sea – Projects of escape – Bonaparte’s last occupation – He lies down and does not rise again – He dictates his will – Napoleon’s religious sentiments – Vignali the Chaplain – Napoleon argues with Antomarchi, his doctor – He receives the last sacraments – He dies.
• Chapter 12: Funeral rites.
• Chapter 13: The destruction of Napoleon’s world.
• Chapter 14: My last comments on Napoleon.
• Chapter 15: St Helena since Napoleon’s death.
• Chapter 16: Bonaparte’s exhumation.
• Chapter 17: My visit to Cannes

Book XXV

• Chapter 1: The changing world.
• Chapter 2: The years 1815,1816 in my life – I am appointed a Peer of France – My debut at the rostrum – Various speeches.
• Chapter 3: Monarchy according to the Charter
• Chapter 4: Louis XVIII
• Chapter 5: Monsieur Decazes.
• Chapter 6: I am struck off the list of Ministers of State – I sell my books and La Vallée.
• Chapter 7: Further speeches of mine in 1817 and 1818.
• Chapter 8: Meetings at Piet’s.
• Chapter 9: The Conservateur.
• Chapter 10: On the Morality of Material Interests and that of Duty.
• Chapter 11: My life in 1820 – The death of the Duc de Berry.
• Chapter 12: The birth of the Duke of Bordeaux – The women of Bordeaux Market.
• Chapter 13: I assist Monsieur de Villèle and Monsieur de Corbière to their first Ministry – My letter to the Duc de Richelieu – A note from the Duc de Richelieu and my reply – A note from Monsieur de Polignac – Letters from Monsieur de Montmorency and Monsieur de Pasquier.

Book XXVI

• Chapter 1: My life in 1821 – The Berlin Embassy – Arrival in Berlin – Monsieur Ancillon – The Royal Family – Celebrations for Grand-Duke Nicholas’ marriage – Berlin.
• Chapter 2: Ministers and Ambassadors – History of the Court and society.
• Chapter 3: William Humboldt – Adelbert de Chamisso
• Chapter 4: Princess William – The Opera – A concert.
• Chapter 5: My first despatches – Monsieur de Bonnay.
• Chapter 6: The Park – The Duchess of Cumberland.
• Chapter 7: My despatches, continued.
• Chapter 8: A memoir I started: on Germany.
• Chapter 9: Charlottenburg.
• Chapter 10: The interval between my Berlin and London Embassies – The baptism of Monsieur le Duc de Bordeaux – A letter to Monsieur Pasquier – A letter from Monsieur de Bernstorff – A letter from Monsieur Ancillon – A last letter from Madame the Duchess of Cumberland.
• Chapter 11: Monsieur de Villèle, Finance Minister– I am appointed Ambassador to London.

Book XXVII

• Chapter 1: The year 1822 – First despatches from London.
• Chapter 2: A conversation with George IV regarding Monsieur Decazes – The nobility of our diplomacy under the Legitimacy – The Parliamentary Session.
• Chapter 3: English Society.
• Chapter 4: More despatches.
• Chapter 5: The resumption of Parliamentary activity – A ball given on behalf of the Irish – A duel between the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of Buckingham – Dinner at Royal Lodge – The Marchioness of Conyngham and her secret.
• Chapter 6: Portraits of the Ministers.
• Chapter 7: More of my despatches.
• Chapter 8: Discussion about the Congress of Verona – A letter to Monsieur Montmorency; his reply which allows me to sense a refusal – Monsieur Villèle’s letter is more favourable – I write to Madame de Duras – A note from Monsieur de Villèle to Madame de Duras.
• Chapter 9: The death of Lord Londonderry.
• Chapter 10: A new letter from Monsieur de Montmorency – A trip to Hartwell – A note from Monsieur de Villèle announcing my nomination to the Congress.
• Chapter 11: The end of the old England – Charlotte Reflections – I leave London.

Book XXVIII

• Chapter 1: The deliverance of the King of Spain – My dismissal.
• Chapter 2: The Opposition follows me.
• Chapter 3: My final diplomatic letters.
• Chapter 4: Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
• Chapter 5: The death of Louis XVIII – The coronation of Charles X.
• Chapter 6: Reception of the Knights of the Orders.
• Chapter 7: I gather my former adversaries around me – My public changes.
• Chapter 8: An extract from my polemic after my fall.
• Chapter 9: I refuse the pension the Minister of State wishes to pay me – The Greek Committee – Monsieur Molé’s note – A letter from Canaris to his son – Madame Récamier sends me an extract from another letter – My complete works.
• Chapter 10: A trip to Lausanne.
• Chapter 11: Return to Paris – The Jesuits – A Letter from Monsieur de Montlosier and my reply.
• Chapter 12: More of my polemics.
• Chapter 13: A letter from General Sébastiani.
• Chapter 14: The death of General Foy – The Law of Love and Justice – A letter from Monsieur Étienne – A letter from Benjamin Constant – I reach the summit of my political importance – An article regarding the King’s name-day – Withdrawal of the law on the policing of the press – Paris illuminated – Monsieur Michaud’s note.
• Chapter 15: Monsieur Villèle’s annoyance – Charles X decides to review the National Guard on the Champ-de-Mars – I write to him: my letter.
• Chapter 16: The Review – The disbanding of the National Guard – The Elected Chamber is dissolved - The new Chamber – The Refusal to Contest - The fall of Villele’s ministry – I contribute to the formation of the new ministry and I accept the Rome embassy.
• Chapter 17: An examination of the reproach against me.
• Chapter 18: Madame de Staël – Her first trip to Germany – Madame Récamier in Paris.
• Chapter 19: Madame de Staël’s return –– Madame Récamier at Coppet – Prince Augustus of Prussia.
• Chapter 20: Madame de Staël’s second trip –– Madame de Staël’s letter to Bonaparte – The Château de Chaumont.
• Chapter 21: Madame Récamier and Monsieur de Montmorency are exiled –– Madame Récamier at Chalons.

Book XXIX

• Chapter 1: Madame Récamier.
• Chapter 2: The Rome Embassy - Three kinds of material – My Travel Journal.
• Chapter 3: Letters to Madame Récamier.
• Chapter 4: Leo XII and the Cardinals.
• Chapter 5: The Ambassadors.
• Chapter 6: Artists ancient and modern.
• Chapter 7: Past visitors to Rome.
• Chapter 8: The present mode of life in Rome.
• Chapter 9: Surroundings and countryside.
• Chapter 10: A letter to Monsieur Villemain.
• Chapter 11: A letter to Madame Récamier.
• Chapter 12: An explanation of the Memoir you are about to read.
• Chapter 13: Memoir.
• Chapter 14: Letters to Madame Récamier.
• Chapter 15: A despatch.
• Chapter 16: Letters to Madame Récamier.
• Chapter 17: A despatch to Monsieur le Comte Portalis – The death of Leo XII.

Book XXX

• Chapter 1: The Rome Embassy - Continued.
• Chapter 2: Conclaves.
• Chapter 3: Despatches and letters.
• Chapter 4: Further despatches and letters.
• Chapter 5: The Marquis Capponi, letters and a despatch.
• Chapter 6: Further letters and despatches.
• Chapter 7: A reception for Grand-Duchess Helen at the Villa Medici
• Chapter 8: My relations with Bonaparte’s family.
• Chapter 9: Pius VII
• Chapter 10: A despatch and a letter.
• Chapter 11: On Presumption.
• Chapter 12: The French in Rome.
• Chapter 13: Walks.
• Chapter 14: My nephew, Christian de Chateaubriand.
• Chapter 15: A letter to Madame Récamier

Book XXXI

• Chapter 1: Return to Paris from Rome – My plans – The King and his arrangements – Monsieur Portalis – Monsieur de Martignac – Departure for Rome – The Pyrenees – Adventure.
• Chapter 2: Polignac’s Ministry – My dismay – I return to Paris.
• Chapter 3: Interview with Monsieur Polignac – I resign from the Rome Embassy.
• Chapter 4: Journalistic sycophancy.
• Chapter 5: Monsieur de Polignac’s first Cabinet.
• Chapter 6: The Expedition to Algiers.
• Chapter 7: The opening of the Session of 1830 – The speech – The Chamber is dissolved.
• Chapter 8: The new Chamber – I leave for Dieppe – The decrees of the 25th of July – I return to Paris – Reflections on the way –A letter to Madame Récamier.

Book XXXII

• Chapter 1: The July Revolution: the 26th of July.
• Chapter 2: The July Revolution: the 27th of July.
• Chapter 3: The July Revolution: military action on the 28th of July.
• Chapter 4: The July Revolution: civil action on the 28th of July.
• Chapter 5: The July Revolution: military action on the 29th of July.
• Chapter 6: The July Revolution: civil action on the 29th of July – Monsieur Baude, Monsieur de Choiseul, Monsieur de Sémonville, Monsieur de Vitrolles, Monsieur Lafitte and Monsieur Thiers.
• Chapter 7: I write to the King at Saint-Cloud: his verbal response – The aristocratic corps – The pillage of the Missionaries’ House on Rue d’Enfer.
• Chapter 8: The Chamber of Deputies – Monsieur de Mortemart.
• Chapter 9: A trip through Paris – General Dubourg – A funeral ceremony beneath the Colonnades of the Louvre – The young men carry me to the Chamber of Peers.
• Chapter 10: The Meeting of Peers.
• Chapter 11: The Republicans – The Orléanists – Monsieur Thiers is sent to Neuilly – Another gathering of Peers at the Grand Referendary’s: the note reaches me too late.
• Chapter 12: Saint-Cloud – A Scene: Monsieur le Dauphin and the Duke of Ragusa.
• Chapter 13: Neuilly – Monsieur le Duc d’Orléans – Le Raincy – The Prince arrives in Paris.
• Chapter 14: A deputation of the Elective Chamber offers Monsieur le Duc d’Orleans the Lieutenant-General-ship of the Kingdom – He accepts – Republican efforts.
• Chapter 15: Monsieur le Duc d’Orleans goes to the Hôtel de Ville .
• Chapter 16: The Republicans at the Palais-Royal.

Book XXXIII

• Chapter 1: The King leaves Saint-Cloud –Madame la Dauphine arrives at the Trianon – The diplomatic corps.
• Chapter 2: Rambouillet.
• Chapter 3: Opening of the Session of the 3rd of August – A letter from Charles X to Monsieur le Duc d’Orléans.
• Chapter 4: The crowd departs for Rambouillet – The flight of the King - Reflections.
• Chapter 5: The Palais-Royal – Conversations – A last political temptation – Monsieur de Saint-Aulaire.
• Chapter 6: The Republican Party’s last gasp.
• Chapter 7: The 7th of August – A session of the Chamber of Peers – My speech – I leave the Luxembourg Palace never to return – My resignations.
• Chapter 8: Charles X embarks at Cherbourg.
• Chapter 9: How the July Revolution will be viewed.
• Chapter 10: The end of my political career.

Book XXXIV

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The trial of the Ministers – Saint-Germain-L’Auxerrois – The pillaging of the arch-diocese
• Chapter 3: My pamphlet on The Restoration and the Elective Monarchy
• Chapter 4: The Études Historiques
• Chapter 5: Before my departure from Paris
• Chapter 6: Letters and verses to Madame Récamier
• Chapter 7: My journal for 12th July to 1st September 1831 – Monsieur de Lapanouze’s clerks – Lord Byron – Ferney and Voltaire
• Chapter 8: My journal continued – Vain endeavours in Paris
• Chapter 9: My journal continued – Messieurs Carrel and Béranger
• Chapter 10: A song of Béranger’s: and my reply – A return to Paris for Briqueville’s proposal
• Chapter 11: Baude and Briqueville’s proposal regarding the banishment of the elder branch of the Bourbons
• Chapter 12: A letter to the author of Nemesis
• Chapter 13: The conspiracy of the Rue des Prouvaires
• Chapter 14: Incidents of Plague
• Chapter 15: Cholera

Book XXXV

• Chapter 1: Madame la Duchesse de Berry’s 12000 francs
• Chapter 2: General Lamarque’s cortege
• Chapter 3: Madame la Duchesse de Berry goes to Provence and arrives in the Vendée
• Chapter 4: My arrest
• Chapter 5: The journey from my thief’s lodging to Mademoiselle Gisquet’s dressing-room – Achille de Harlay.
• Chapter 6: The Examining Magistrate – Monsieur Desmortiers.
• Chapter 7: My life at Monsieur Gisquet’s – I am set at liberty.
• Chapter 8: A letter to the Justice Minister and his reply
• Chapter 9: Charles X offers to pay me a Peer’s pension: my response.
• Chapter 10: A note from Madame la Duchesse de Berry – A letter to Béranger – Departure from Paris.
• Chapter 11: Journal from Paris to Lugano.
• Chapter 12: The Saint-Gothard Pass.
• Chapter 13: The Schöllenen Gorge – Devil’s Bridge.
• Chapter 14: The Saint-Gothard.
• Chapter 15: A description of Lugano
• Chapter 16: The mountains – Trips around Lucerne – Clara Wendel - Peasant prayers.
• Chapter 17: Monsieur Alexandre Dumas – Madame de Colbert – A letter from Monsieur de Béranger.
• Chapter 18: Zurich – Constance – Madame Récamier
• Chapter 19: Madame la Duchesse de Saint-Leu.

• Chapter 20: Arenenberg – Return to Geneva.
• Chapter 21: Coppet –Madame de Staël’s tomb.
• Chapter 22: A walk.
• Chapter 23: A letter to Prince Louis-Napoleon.
• Chapter 24: A circular to the editors-in-chief of the newspapers – Letters to the Minister of Justice, the President of the Council, and Madame la Duchesse de Berry – I write my Memoir on the Princess’ captivity.
• Chapter 25: Extract from my Memoir on the Captivity of Madame la Duchesse de Berry.
• Chapter 26: My trial.
• Chapter 27: Popularity.

Book XXXVI

• Chapter 1: The Marie-Thérèse Infirmary.
• Chapter 2: A Letter to Madame la Duchesse de Berry.
• Chapter 3: Reflections and Resolutions.
• Chapter 4: My journal Paris to Prague from the 14th to the 24th of May 1833 – Departure from Paris – Monsieur de Talleyrand’s carriage - Basel
• Chapter 5: The banks of the Rhine – The Rhine Falls – Moskirch – A storm..
• Chapter 6: The Danube – Ulm.
• Chapter 7: Blenheim – Louis XIV – The Hercynian Forest – The Barbarians – The sources of the Danube.
• Chapter 8: Regensburg – Maker of Emperors – The decrease in social life the further one gets from France – Religious sentiment in Germany.
• Chapter 9: Arrival at Waldmünchen – The Austrian Customs – Entry to Bohemia denied.
• Chapter 10: My stay in Waldmünchen – A letter to Count Choteck – Holy Communion.
• Chapter 11: A Chapel – My room at the inn – A description of Waldmünchen.
• Chapter 12: A letter from Count Choteck – The peasant girl – Departure from Waldmünchen – The Austrian Customs – Entering Bohemia – The pine forest – A conversation with the moon – Pilsen – The highways of the north – The sight of Prague.

Book XXXVII

• Chapter 1: The Castle of the Kings of Bohemia – A first interview with Charles X.
• Chapter 2: Monsieur le Dauphin – The Children of France – The Duke and Duchess de Guiche – The Triumvirate - Mademoiselle.
• Chapter 3: A conversation with the King
• Chapter 4: Henri V.
• Chapter 5: Dinner and an evening at the Hradschin.
• Chapter 6: Visits..
• Chapter 7: Mass – General Skrzyneck.
• Chapter 8: Dinner at Count Choteck’s.
• Chapter 9: Whit Sunday – The Duc de Blacas.
• Chapter 10: DIGRESSIONS: A description of Prague – Tycho Brahe - Perdita..
• Chapter 11: MORE DIGRESSIONS: Of Bohemia – Slavic and Neo-Latin Literature.
• Chapter 12: I take leave of the King – Farewells – A letter from the children to their mother – A Moneychanger – The Saxon servant.
• Chapter 13: What I left behind in Prague..
• Chapter 14: The Duc de Bordeaux.