Madame Chrysantheme — Complete
by Pierre Loti
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Chapters (86)
- MADAME CHRYSANTHEME
- With a Preface by ALBERT SOREL, of the French Academy
- PIERRE LOTI
- DEDICATION
- To Madame la Duchesse de Richelieu MADAME LA DUCHESSE,
- INTRODUCTION
- MME. CHRYSANTHEME
- BOOK 1.
- CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS LAND
- At dawn we beheld Japan.
- CHAPTER II. STRANGE SCENES
- CHAPTER III. THE GARDEN OF FLOWERS
- CHAPTER IV. CHOOSING A BRIDE
- CHAPTER V. A FANTASTIC MARRIAGE
- July 10, 1885.
- CHAPTER VI. MY NEW MENAGE
- CHAPTER VII. THE LADIES OF THE FANS
- CHAPTER VIII. THE NECESSARY VEIL
- CHAPTER IX. MY PLAYTHING
- July 12th
- CHAPTER X. NOCTURNAL TERRORS
- July 13th.
- CHAPTER XI. A GAME OF ARCHERY
- July 14th.
- BOOK 2.
- CHAPTER XII. HAPPY FAMILIES!
- CHAPTER XIII. OUR “VERY TALL FRIEND”
- CHAPTER XIV. OUR PIOUS HOSTS
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI. SLEEPING JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVII. THE SONG OF THE CICALA
- CHAPTER XVIII. MY FRIEND AND MY DOLL
- CHAPTER XIX. MY JAPANESE RELATIVES
- CHAPTER XX. A DEAD FAIRY
- CHAPTER XXI. ANCIENT TOMBS
- CHAPTER XXII. DAINTY DISHES FOR A DOLL
- The meals that Chrysantheme enjoys are something almost indescribable.
- CHAPTER XXIII. A FANTASTIC FUNERAL
- CHAPTER XXIV. SOCIABILITY
- August 4th.
- CHAPTER XXV. UNWELCOME GUESTS
- CHAPTER XXVI. A QUIET SMOKE
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE PRAYERFUL MADAME PRUNE
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A DOLL’S CORRESPONDENCE
- CHAPTER XXIX. SUDDEN SHOWERS
- August 10th.
- CHAPTER XXX. A LITTLE DOMESTIC DIFFICULTY
- August 12th.
- CHAPTER XXXI. BUTTERFLIES AND BEETLES
- August 23d.
- CHAPTER XXXII. STRANGE YEARNINGS
- August 24th.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. A GENEROUS HUSBAND
- BOOK 3.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FEAST OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXXV. THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
- CHAPTER XXXVI. MY NAUGHTY DOLL
- Tuesday, August 27th.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. COMPLICATIONS
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE HEIGHT OF SOCIABILITY!
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A LADY OF JAPAN
- CHAPTER XL. OUR FRIENDS THE BONZES
- CHAPTER XLI. AN UNEXPECTED CALL
- September 3d.
- CHAPTER XLII. AN ORIENTAL VISION
- September 4th.
- CHAPTER XLIII. THE CATS AND THE DOLLS
- CHAPTER XLIV. TENDER MINISTRATIONS
- September 11th.
- CHAPTER XLV. TWO FAIR ARISTOCRATS
- CHAPTER XLVI. GRAVE SUSPICIONS
- September 13th.
- BOOK 4.
- CHAPTER XLVII. A MIDNIGHT ALARM
- CHAPTER XLVIII. UNUSUAL HOSPITALITY
- September 16th.
- CHAPTER XLIX. RUMORS OF DEPARTURE
- September 15th.
- CHAPTER L. A DOLLS’ DUET
- CHAPTER LI. THE LAST DAY
- September 17th
- CHAPTER LII. “FAREWELL!”
- September 18th.
- CHAPTER LIII. OFF FOR CHINA
- CHAPTER LIV. A FADING PICTURE
- CHAPTER LV. A WITHERED LOTUS-FLOWER
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