BeatrixFront matterKatharine Prescott Wormeley translationChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNOTEI. A BRETON TOWN AND MANSIONII. THE BARON, HIS WIFE, AND SISTERIII. THREE BRETON SILHOUETTESIV. A NORMAL EVENINGV. CALYSTEVI. BIOGRAPHY OF CAMILLE MAUPINVII. LES TOUCHESVIII. LA MARQUISE BEATRIXIX. A FIRST MEETINGX. DRAMAXI. FEMALE DIPLOMACYXII. CORRESPONDENCEXIII. DUEL BETWEEN WOMENXIV. AN EXCURSION TO CROISICXV. CONTIXVI. SICKNESS UNTO DEATHXVII. A DEATH: A MARRIAGEXVIII. THE END OF A HONEY-MOONXIX. THE FIRST LIE OF A PIOUS DUCHESSXX. A SHORT TREATISE ON CERTAINTY: BUT NOT FROM PASCAL’S POINT OF VIEWXXI. THE WICKEDNESS OF A GOOD WOMANXXII. THE NORMAL HISTORY OF AN UPPER-CLASS GRISETTEXXIII. ONE OF THE DISEASES OF THE AGEXXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND POSITIONXXV. A PRINCE OF BOHEMIAXXVI. DISILLUSIONS—IN ALL BUT LA FONTAINE’S FABLESADDENDUMBeginning of this editionNext chapter →NOTEAll chapters and sections (29)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNOTEI. A BRETON TOWN AND MANSIONII. THE BARON, HIS WIFE, AND SISTERIII. THREE BRETON SILHOUETTESIV. A NORMAL EVENINGV. CALYSTEVI. BIOGRAPHY OF CAMILLE MAUPINVII. LES TOUCHESVIII. LA MARQUISE BEATRIXIX. A FIRST MEETINGX. DRAMAXI. FEMALE DIPLOMACYXII. CORRESPONDENCEXIII. DUEL BETWEEN WOMENXIV. AN EXCURSION TO CROISICXV. CONTIXVI. SICKNESS UNTO DEATHXVII. A DEATH: A MARRIAGEXVIII. THE END OF A HONEY-MOONXIX. THE FIRST LIE OF A PIOUS DUCHESSXX. A SHORT TREATISE ON CERTAINTY: BUT NOT FROM PASCAL’S POINT OF VIEWXXI. THE WICKEDNESS OF A GOOD WOMANXXII. THE NORMAL HISTORY OF AN UPPER-CLASS GRISETTEXXIII. ONE OF THE DISEASES OF THE AGEXXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AND POSITIONXXV. A PRINCE OF BOHEMIAXXVI. DISILLUSIONS—IN ALL BUT LA FONTAINE’S FABLESADDENDUMTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyNOTE →