Book One Chapter One A Small Town Chapter Two A Mayor Chapter Three Care of the Poor Chapter Four Father and Son Chapter Five Striking a Bargain Chapter Six Boredom Chapter Seven Choices Chapter Eight Events Chapter Nine An Evening in the Country Chapter Ten A Good Heart and a Small Fortune Chapter Eleven In the Evening Chapter Twelve A Journey Chapter Thirteen New Shoes Chapter Fourteen A Pair of English Scissors Chapter Fifteen The Call of the Cock Chapter Sixteen The Day After Chapter Seventeen First Assistant Chapter Eighteen A King in Verrieres Chapter Nineteen Thinking Brings Suffering Chapter Twenty Anonymous Letters Chapter Twenty-One Discussion with a Master Chapter Twenty-Two Behavior in 1830 Chapter Twenty-Three The Problems of a Politician Chapter Twenty-Four A Capital City Chapter Twenty-Five The School Chapter Twenty-Six The World, or What the Rich Man Lacks Chapter Twenty-Seven First Experience of Life Chapter Twenty-Eight A Procession Chapter Twenty-Nine First Promotion Chapter Thirty A Man of Ambition Book Two Chapter One Pleasures of the Countryside Chapter Two Entry into Society Chapter Three The First Steps Chapter Four The Hotel de La Mole Chapter Five Sensitivity Chapter Six What Decoration for a Man? Chapter Seven The Dance Chapter Eight Queen Marguerite Chapter Nine The Power of a Young Lady Chapter Ten Might He Be a Danton? Chapter Eleven A Plot Chapter Twelve A Young Lady's Thoughts Chapter Thirteen Is It a Plot? Chapter Fourteen One O'clock in the Morning Chapter Fifteen An Old Sword Chapter Sixteen Cruel Moments Chapter Seventeen The Italian Opera Chapter Eighteen The Secret Letter Chapter Nineteen The Discussion Chapter Twenty The Church, Forests, and Freedom Chapter Twenty-One Strassburg Chapter Twenty-Two The Department of Virtue Chapter Twenty-Three Properly in Love Chapter Twenty-Four Manon Lescaut Chapter Twenty-Five Boredom Chapter Twenty-Six A Box at the Italian Opera Chapter Twenty-Seven Frightening Her Chapter Twenty-Eight The Tiger Chapter Twenty-Nine The Pain of Weakness Chapter Thirty A Man of Intelligence Chapter Thirty-One A Storm Chapter Thirty-Two Sorry Problems Chapter Thirty-Three A Prison Chapter Thirty-Four A Powerful Man Chapter Thirty-Five Peace Chapter Thirty-Six The Trial Chapter Thirty-Seven Reluctant to Be Apart Chapter Thirty-Eight Facing the Death