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THE MEMOIRS OF VICTOR HUGO

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CONTENTS
• PREFACE

• AT RHEIMS, 1825-1838

  RECOUNTED BY EYE-WITNESSES:

• I. The Execution of Louis XVI.
• II. The Arrival of Napoleon I. in Paris in 1815.

  VISIONS OF THE REAL:

• I. The Hovel.
• II. Pillage.
• III. A Dream.
• IV. The Panel with the Coat of Arms.
• V. The Easter Daisy.

  THEATRE:

• I. Joanny.
• II. Mademoiselle Mars.
• III. Frèdèrick Lemaitre.
• IV. The Comiques.
• V. Mademoiselle Georges.
• VI. Tableaux Vivants.

• AT THE ACADEMY

• LOVE IN PRISON

  AT THE TUILERIES, 1844-1848:

• I. The King.
• II. The Duchess d'Orleans.
• III. The Princes.

• IN THE CHAMBER OF PEERS: Gen. Febvier

  THE REVOLUTION OF 1848:

• I. The Days of February.
• II. Expulsions and Evasions.
• III. Louis Philippe in Exile.
• IV. King Jerome.
• V. The Days of June.
• VI. Chateaubriand.
• VII. Debates on the Days of June.

  1849:

• I. The Jardin d'Hiver.
• II. General Brea's Murderers.
• III. The Suicide of Antonin Moyne.
• IV. A Visit to the Old Chamber of Peers.

  SKETCHES MADE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY:

• I. Odilon Barrot.
• II. Monsieur Thiers.
• III. Dufaure.
• IV. Changarnier.
• V. Lagrange.
• VI. Prudhon.
• VII. Blanqui.
• VIII. Lamartine.
• IX. Boulay de la Meurthe.
• X. Dupin.

  LOUIS BONAPARTE:

• I. His Debuts.
• II. His Elevation to the Presidency.
• III. His First Official Dinner.
• IV. The First Month.
• V. Feeling His Way.

• THE SIEGE OF PARIS

• THE ASSEMBLY AT BORDEAUX