The Middle Classes

The Middle Classes

Honoré de Balzac, Nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright (1799-1850)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Part I. The Lesser Bourgeois Of Paris

- Chapter I. Departing Paris

- Chapter Ii. The History Of A Tyranny

- Chapter Iii. Colleville

- Chapter Iv. The Circle Of Monsieur And Madame Thuillier

- Chapter V. A Principal Personage

- Chapter Vi. A Keynote

- Chapter Vii. The Worthy Phellions

- Chapter Viii. Ad Majorem Theodosis Gloriam

- Chapter Ix. The Banker Of The Poor

- Chapter X. How Brigitte Was Won

- Chapter Xi. The Reign Of Theodose

- Chapter Xii. Devils Against Devils

- Chapter Xiii. The Perversity Of Doves

- Chapter Xiv. One Of Cerizet's Female Clients

- Chapter Xv. The Difficulties That Crop Up In The Easiest Of Thefts

- Chapter Xvi. Du Portail

- Chapter Xvii. In Which The Lamb Devours The Wolf

- Chapter Xviii. Set A Saint To Catch A Saint

- Part Ii. The Parvenus

- Chapter I. Phellion, Under A New Aspect

- Chapter Ii. The Provencal's Present Position

- Chapter Iii. Good Blood Cannot Lie

- Chapter Iv. Hungary Versus Provence

- Chapter V. Showing How Near The Tarpeian Rock Is To The Capitol

- Chapter Vi. 'twas Thus They Bade Adieu

- Chapter Vii. How To Shut The Door In People's Faces

- Chapter Viii

- Chapter Ix. Give And Take

- Chapter X. In Which Cerizet Practises The Healing Art And The Art Of Poisoning On The Same Day

- Chapter Xi. Explanations And What Came Of Them

- Chapter Xii. A Star

- Chapter Xiii. The Man Who Thinks The Star Too Bright

- Chapter Xiv. A Stormy Day

- Chapter Xv. At Du Portail's

- Chapter Xvi. Checkmate To Thuillier

- Chapter Xvii. In The Exercise Of His Functions

- Translator's Note

- Addendum