CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY

(Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle)

By Alfred de Musset

With a Preface by HENRI DE BORNIER, of the French Academy

CONTENTS

ALFRED DE MUSSET THE CONFESSIONS OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY BOOK 1. PART I. CHAPTER I. TO THE READER CHAPTER II. REFLECTIONS CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFESSIONS CHAPTER IV. THE PATH OF DESPAIR CHAPTER V. A PHILOSOPHER’S ADVICE CHAPTER VI. MADAME LEVASSEUR CHAPTER VII. THE WISDOM OF SIRACH CHAPTER VIII. THE SEARCH FOR HEALING CHAPTER IX. BACCHUS, THE CONSOLER PART II. CHAPTER I. AT THE CROSSWAYS CHAPTER II. THE CHOSEN WAY CHAPTER III. AFRICAN HOSPITALITY CHAPTER IV. MARCO CHAPTER V. SATIETY BOOK 2. PART III. CHAPTER I. DEATH, THE INEVITABLE CHAPTER II. THE BALM OF SOLITUDE CHAPTER III. BRIGITTE CHAPTER IV. RIPENING ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER V. AN INTERVIEW CHAPTER VI. THE RUGGED PATH OF LOVE CHAPTER VII. THE VENUSBERG AGAIN PART IV. CHAPTER I. THE THORNS OF LOVE CHAPTER II. UNCERTAINTY CHAPTER III. EXPLANATIONS CHAPTER IV. BRIGITTE’S LOSS CHAPTER V. A TORTURED SOUL BOOK 3. PART V. CHAPTER I. SWEET ANTICIPATIONS CHAPTER II. THE DEMON OF DOUBT CHAPTER III. THE QUESTION OF SMITH CHAPTER IV. IN THE FURNACE CHAPTER V. TRUTH AT LAST CHAPTER VI. SELF-SACRIFICE THE SOLUTION