Petty Troubles of Married Life, CompletePETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFEReading editionChapter navigation40 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFEPREFACETHE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.REVELATIONS.AXIOMS.THE ATTENTIONS OF A WIFE.SMALL VEXATIONS.THE ULTIMATUM.WOMEN’S LOGIC.THE JESUITISM OF WOMEN.MEMORIES AND REGRETS.OBSERVATIONS.THE MATRIMONIAL GADFLY.HARD LABOR.FORCED SMILES.NOSOGRAPHY OF THE VILLA.TROUBLE WITHIN TROUBLE.A HOUSEHOLD REVOLUTION.THE ART OF BEING A VICTIM.THE FRENCH CAMPAIGN.A SOLO ON THE HEARSE.PREFACEHUSBANDS DURING THE SECOND MONTH.DISAPPOINTED AMBITION.THE PANGS OF INNOCENCE.THE UNIVERSAL AMADIS.WITHOUT AN OCCUPATION.INDISCRETIONS.BRUTAL DISCLOSURES.A TRUCE.USELESS CARE.SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.THE DOMESTIC TYRANT.THE AVOWAL.HUMILIATIONS.THE LAST QUARREL.A SIGNAL FAILURE.THE CHESTNUTS IN THE FIRE.ULTIMA RATIO.COMMENTARY. IN WHICH IS EXPLAINED LA FELICITA OF FINALES.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Part 1 — PREFACEAll chapters and sections (40)Other sectionsPETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFEPart 1 · Other sectionsPREFACETHE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL.REVELATIONS.AXIOMS.THE ATTENTIONS OF A WIFE.SMALL VEXATIONS.THE ULTIMATUM.WOMEN’S LOGIC.THE JESUITISM OF WOMEN.MEMORIES AND REGRETS.OBSERVATIONS.THE MATRIMONIAL GADFLY.HARD LABOR.FORCED SMILES.NOSOGRAPHY OF THE VILLA.TROUBLE WITHIN TROUBLE.A HOUSEHOLD REVOLUTION.THE ART OF BEING A VICTIM.THE FRENCH CAMPAIGN.A SOLO ON THE HEARSE.Part 2 · Other sectionsPREFACEHUSBANDS DURING THE SECOND MONTH.DISAPPOINTED AMBITION.THE PANGS OF INNOCENCE.THE UNIVERSAL AMADIS.WITHOUT AN OCCUPATION.INDISCRETIONS.BRUTAL DISCLOSURES.A TRUCE.USELESS CARE.SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.THE DOMESTIC TYRANT.THE AVOWAL.HUMILIATIONS.THE LAST QUARREL.A SIGNAL FAILURE.THE CHESTNUTS IN THE FIRE.ULTIMA RATIO.COMMENTARY. IN WHICH IS EXPLAINED LA FELICITA OF FINALES.By Honore De BalzacPREFACE →