The Physiology of Marriage

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Honoré de Balzac. The Physiology of Marriage

The Physiology of Marriage

Table of Contents

Volume 1

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

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

Volume 2

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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

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MEDITATION XXIII. OF MANIFESTOES

MEDITATION XXIV. PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY

MEDITATION XXV. OF ALLIES

MEDITATION XXVI. OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS

MEDITATION XXVII. OF THE LAST SYMPTOMS

MEDITATION XXVIII. OF COMPENSATIONS

MEDITATION XXIX. OF CONJUGAL PEACE

MEDITATION XXX. CONCLUSION

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Honoré de Balzac

OK Publishing, 2020

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It is on this brilliant section of the nation that the attack is made by men whose education, talent or wit gives them the right to be considered persons of importance with regard to that success of which people of every country are so proud; and only among this class of women is the wife to be found whose heart has to be defended at all hazard by our husband.

What does it matter whether the considerations which arise from the existence of a feminine aristocracy are or are not equally applicable to other social classes? That which is true of all women exquisite in manners, language and thought, in whom exceptional educational facilities have developed a taste for art and a capacity for feeling, comparing and thinking, who have a high sense of propriety and politeness and who actually set the fashion in French manners, ought to be true also in the case of women whatever their nation and whatever their condition. The man of distinction to whom this book is dedicated must of necessity possess a certain mental vision, which makes him perceive the various degrees of light that fill each class and comprehend the exact point in the scale of civilization to which each of our remarks is severally applicable.

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