The Physiology of Marriage, CompleteOR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFEReading editionChapter navigation44 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…OR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFEINTRODUCTIONFIRST PART. A GENERAL CONSIDERATION.MEDITATION I. THE SUBJECT.MEDITATION II. MARRIAGE STATISTICS.MEDITATION III. OF THE HONEST WOMAN.APHORISMS.MEDITATION IV. OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN.MEDITATION V. OF THE PREDESTINED.MEDITATION VI. OF BOARDING SCHOOLS.MEDITATION VII. OF THE HONEYMOON.MEDITATION VIII. OF THE FIRST SYMPTOMS.MEDITATION IX. EPILOGUE.SECOND PART. MEANS OF DEFENCE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.MEDITATION X. A TREATISE ON MARITAL POLICY.MEDITATION XI. INSTRUCTION IN THE HOME.MEDITATION XII. THE HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE.MEDITATION XIII. OF PERSONAL MEASURES.MEDITATION XIV. OF APARTMENTS.MEDITATION XV. OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE.MEDITATION XVI. THE CHARTER OF MARRIAGE.MEDITATION XVII. THE THEORY OF THE BED.MEDITATION XVIII. OF MARITAL REVOLUTIONS.MEDITATION XIX. OF THE LOVER.MEDITATION XX. ESSAY ON POLICE.MEDITATION XXI. THE ART OF RETURNING HOME.MEDITATION XXII. OF CATASTROPHES.THIRD PART. RELATING TO CIVIL WAR.MEDITATION XXIII. OF MANIFESTOES.MEDITATION XXIV. PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY.MEDITATION XXV. OF ALLIES.1. OF RELIGIONS AND OF CONFESSION; CONSIDERED IN THEIR CONNECTION WITH2. OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.3. OF BOARDING SCHOOL FRIENDS AND INTIMATE FRIENDS.4. OF THE LOVER’S ALLIES.6. OF THE DOCTOR.MEDITATION XXVI. OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS.MEDITATION XXVII. OF THE LAST SYMPTOMS.MINOTAURIC OBSERVATIONS.LAST AXIOMS.MEDITATION XXVIII. OF COMPENSATIONS.MEDITATION XXIX. OF CONJUGAL PEACE.MEDITATION XXX. CONCLUSION.POSTSCRIPT.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →INTRODUCTIONAll chapters and sections (44)OR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFEINTRODUCTIONFIRST PART. A GENERAL CONSIDERATION.MEDITATION I. THE SUBJECT.MEDITATION II. MARRIAGE STATISTICS.MEDITATION III. OF THE HONEST WOMAN.APHORISMS.MEDITATION IV. OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN.MEDITATION V. OF THE PREDESTINED.MEDITATION VI. OF BOARDING SCHOOLS.MEDITATION VII. OF THE HONEYMOON.MEDITATION VIII. OF THE FIRST SYMPTOMS.MEDITATION IX. EPILOGUE.SECOND PART. MEANS OF DEFENCE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.MEDITATION X. A TREATISE ON MARITAL POLICY.MEDITATION XI. INSTRUCTION IN THE HOME.MEDITATION XII. THE HYGIENE OF MARRIAGE.MEDITATION XIII. OF PERSONAL MEASURES.MEDITATION XIV. OF APARTMENTS.MEDITATION XV. OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE.MEDITATION XVI. THE CHARTER OF MARRIAGE.MEDITATION XVII. THE THEORY OF THE BED.MEDITATION XVIII. OF MARITAL REVOLUTIONS.MEDITATION XIX. OF THE LOVER.MEDITATION XX. ESSAY ON POLICE.MEDITATION XXI. THE ART OF RETURNING HOME.MEDITATION XXII. OF CATASTROPHES.THIRD PART. RELATING TO CIVIL WAR.MEDITATION XXIII. OF MANIFESTOES.MEDITATION XXIV. PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY.MEDITATION XXV. OF ALLIES.1. OF RELIGIONS AND OF CONFESSION; CONSIDERED IN THEIR CONNECTION WITH2. OF THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.3. OF BOARDING SCHOOL FRIENDS AND INTIMATE FRIENDS.4. OF THE LOVER’S ALLIES.6. OF THE DOCTOR.MEDITATION XXVI. OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS.MEDITATION XXVII. OF THE LAST SYMPTOMS.MINOTAURIC OBSERVATIONS.LAST AXIOMS.MEDITATION XXVIII. OF COMPENSATIONS.MEDITATION XXIX. OF CONJUGAL PEACE.MEDITATION XXX. CONCLUSION.POSTSCRIPT.By Honore De BalzacINTRODUCTION →