The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete

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Émile Zola. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete

LOURDES

PREFACE

THE FIRST DAY

I. PILGRIMS AND PATIENTS

II. PIERRE AND MARIE

III. POITIERS

IV. MIRACLES

V. BERNADETTE

THE SECOND DAY

I. THE TRAIN ARRIVES

II. HOSPITAL AND GROTTO

III. FOUNTAIN AND PISCINA

IV. VERIFICATION

V. BERNADETTE’S TRIALS

THE THIRD DAY

I. BED AND BOARD

II. THE “ORDINARY.”

III. THE NIGHT PROCESSION

IV. THE VIGIL

V. THE TWO VICTIMS

THE FOURTH DAY

I. THE BITTERNESS OP DEATH

II. THE SERVICE AT THE GROTTO

III. MARIE’S CURE

IV. TRIUMPH – DESPAIR

V. CRADLE AND GRAVE

THE FIFTH DAY

I. EGOTISM AND LOVE

II. PLEASANT HOURS

III. DEPARTURE

IV. MARIE’S VOW

V. THE DEATH OP BERNADETTE – THE NEW RELIGION

ROME

PREFACE

PART I

I

II

III

PART II

IV

V

VI

PART III

VII

VIII

IX

PART IV

X

XI

XII

XIII

PART V

XIV

XV

XVI

PARIS

BOOK I

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

I. THE PRIEST AND THE POOR

II. WEALTH AND WORLDLINESS

III. RANTERS AND RULERS

IV. SOCIAL SIDELIGHTS

V. FROM RELIGION TO ANARCHY

BOOK II

I. REVOLUTIONISTS

II. A HOME OF INDUSTRY

III. PENURY AND TOIL

IV. CULTURE AND HOPE

V. PROBLEMS

BOOK III

I. THE RIVALS

II. SPIRIT AND FLESH

III. PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT

IV. THE MAN HUNT

V. THE GAME OF POLITICS

BOOK IV

I. PIERRE AND MARIE

II. TOWARDS LIFE

III. THE DAWN OF LOVE

IV. TRIAL AND SENTENCE

V. SACRIFICE

BOOK V

I. THE GUILLOTINE

II. IN VANITY FAIR

III. THE GOAL OF LABOUR

IV. THE CRISIS

V. LIFE’S WORK AND PROMISE

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BEFORE perusing this work, it is as well that the reader should understand M. Zola’s aim in writing it, and his views – as distinct from those of his characters – upon Lourdes, its Grotto, and its cures. A short time before the book appeared M. Zola was interviewed upon the subject by his friend and biographer, Mr. Robert H. Sherard, to whom he spoke as follows:

“‘Lourdes’ came to be written by mere accident. In 1891 I happened to be travelling for my pleasure, with my wife, in the Basque country and by the Pyrenees, and being in the neighbourhood of Lourdes, included it in my tour. I spent fifteen days there, and was greatly struck by what I saw, and it then occurred to me that there was material here for just the sort of novel that I like to write – a novel in which great masses of men can be shown in motion —un grand mouvement de foule– a novel the subject of which stirred up my philosophical ideas.

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“For my part,” he answered, “I am accompanying a friend of my childhood, a poor girl who is very ill indeed. I must ask your help for her; you shall nurse her.”

Thereupon she faintly blushed, and he no longer doubted the truth of his surmise. However, Raymonde was just then settling the bill with the easy assurance of a girl who is expert in figures; and immediately afterwards Madame Desagneaux led Madame Volmar away. The waiters were now growing more distracted and the tables were fast being vacated; for, on hearing a bell ring, everybody had begun to rush towards the door.

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