Ange Pitou part one
Ange Pitou
Alexandre Dumas
Contents
Volume I
I. In which the Reader is made acquainted with the Hero of this History, as well as with the Country in which he first saw the Light
II. In which it is proved that an Aunt is not always a Mother
III. Ange Pitou at his Aunt’s
IV. Of the Influence which a Barbarism and Seven Solecisms may have upon the Whole Life of a Man
V. A Philosophical Farmer
VI. Pastoral Scenes
VII. In which it is demonstrated that although Long Legs’s may be somewhat Ungraceful in Dancing, they are very useful in Running
VIII. Showing why the Gentleman in Black had gone into the Farm at the same time with the Two Sergeants
IX. The Road to Paris
X. What was happening at the End of the Road which Pitou was travelling upon,—that is to say, at Paris
XI. The Night between the 12th and 13th of July
XII. What occurred during the Night of the 12th July, 1789
XIII. The King is so good! the Queen is so good!
XIV. The Three Powers of France
XV. Monsieur de Launay, Governor of the Bastille
XVI. The Bastille and it’s Governor
XVII. The Bastille
XVIII. Doctor Gilbert
XIX. The Triangle
XX. Sebastien Gilbert
XXI. Madame de Staël
XXII. The King Louis XVI
XXIII. The Countess de Charny
XXIV. Royal Philosophy
XXV. In the Queen’s Apartments
XXVI. How the King supped on the 14th of July, 1789
XXVII.Olivier de Charny
XXVIII. Olivier de Charny
XXIX. A Trio
XXX. A King and a Queen
Volume II
I. What the Queen’s Thoughts were, during the Night from July 14 to July 15, 1789
II. The King’s Physician
III. The Council
IV. Decision
V. The Shirt of Mail
VI. The Departure
VII. The Journey
VIII. Showing what was taking place at Versailles while the King was listening to the Speeches of the Municipality
IX. The Return
X. Foulon
XI. The Father-in-Law
XII. The Son-in-Law
XIII. Billot begins to perceive that all is not Roses in Revolutions
XIV. The Pitts
XV. Medea
XVI. What the Queen wished
XVII. The Flanders Regiment
XVIII. The Banquet given by the Guards
XIX. The Wowen begin to stir
XX. Maillard a General
XXI. Versailles
XXII. The Fifth October
XXIII. The Evening of the Fifth and Sixth of October
XXIV. The Night of the Fifth and Sixth of October
XXV. The Morning
XXVI. George de Charny
XXVII. Departure, Journey, and Arrival of Pitou and Sebastien Gilbert
XXVIII. How Pitou, after having been cursed and turned out of Doors by his Aunt on account of a Barbarism and three Solecisms, was again cursed and turned out by her on account of a fowl cooked with rice
XXIX. Pitou a Revolutionist
XXX. Madame Billot Abdicates
XXXI. What decided Pitou to leave the Farm and return to Haramont, his real and only Country
XXXII. Pitou an Orator
XXXIII. Pitou a Conspirator
XXXIV. In which will be seen opposed to each other the Monarchical Principle represented by the Abbé Fortier, and the Revolutionary Principle represented by Pitou
XXXV. Pitou a Diplomatist
XXXVI. Pitou Triumphs
XXXVII. How Pitou learned Tactics, and acquired a Noble Bearing
XXXVIII. Catherine becomes a Diplomatist
XXXIX. Honey and Absinthe
XL. An Unexpected Dénouement
List of Illustrations
Volume I
Ange and Catherine
Marat
Volume II
Louis XVI.
For the Queen!
Introductory Note
ON Christmas Day, 1753, Lord Chesterfield wrote from Paris, summing up his observations on the state of France: “In short, all the symptoms which I have ever met with in history, previous to great changes and revolutions in government, now exist and daily increase in France.”
This, being written so early and by a foreigner, is perhaps the most noteworthy of the prophecies of disaster to come which were trumpeted forth by so many keen-sighted intellects during the last half of the eighteenth century. It was floating in the air; it was written upon the faces of the starving, down-trodden people, who found themselves burdened with this tax and that tax, with tithes and tailles, from which the nobility and clergy Were exempt; while on the other hand, the luxury and extravagance of those privileged classes grew every day more wanton, and their vices more shameless. Upon such a foundation the philosophers and encyclopædists had built solidly and well, so that Voltaire wrote exultingly of the “glorious sights” which the young men of his day would live to see; wherefore they were greatly to be envied!