CONTENTS
ALFRED DE VIGNY
PREFACE
TRUTH IN ART
CINQ-MARS
BOOK 1.
CHAPTER I. THE ADIEU
CHAPTER II. THE STREET
CHAPTER III. THE GOOD PRIEST
CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL
BOOK 2.
CHAPTER V. THE MARTYRDOM
CHAPTER VI. THE DREAM
CHAPTER VII. THE CABINET
CHAPTER VIII. THE INTERVIEW
BOOK 3.
CHAPTER IX. THE SIEGE
CHAPTER X. THE RECOMPENSE
CHAPTER XI. THE BLUNDERS
CHAPTER XII. THE NIGHT-WATCH
CHAPTER XIII. THE SPANIARD
BOOK 4.
CHAPTER XIV. THE RIOT
CHAPTER XV. THE ALCOVE
CHAPTER XVI. THE CONFUSION
CHAPTER XVII. TOILETTE
BOOK 5.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SECRET
CHAPTER XIX. THE HUNTING PARTY
CHAPTER XX. THE READING
CHAPTER XXI. THE CONFESSIONAL
BOOK 6.
CHAPTER XXII. THE STORM
CHAPTER XXIII. ABSENCE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE WORK
CHAPTER XXV. THE PRISONERS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FETE
The reputation of Alfred de Vigny has endured extraordinary vicissitudes in France. First he was lauded as the precursor of French romantic poetry and stately prose; then he sank in semi-oblivion, became the curiosity of criticism, died in retirement, and was neglected for a long time, until the last ten years or so produced a marked revolution of taste in France. The supremacy of Victor Hugo has been, if not questioned, at least mitigated; other poets have recovered from their obscurity