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Napoleon the Little /

This pointedly satirical assessment of the governing skills of Napoleon set into motion a series of international scandals upon its initial publication in 1852. Author Victor Hugo had been living and working in Belgium when Napoleon the Little was published, but at the urging of King Leopold, the Be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Auckland] : The Floating Press, [2011]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title; Contents; BOOK I; I
  • December 20, 1848; II
  • Mission of the Representatives; III
  • Notice of Expiration of Term; IV
  • Men Will Awaken; V
  • Biography; VI
  • Portrait; VII
  • In Continuation of the Panegyrics; BOOK II; I
  • The Constitution; II
  • The Senate; III
  • The Council of State and the Corps Législatif; IV
  • The Finances; V
  • The Liberty of the Press; VI
  • Novelties in Respect to What is Lawful; VII
  • The Adherents; VIII
  • Mens Agitat Molem; IX
  • Omnipotence; X
  • The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte; XI
  • Recapitulation; BOOK III; I
  • The Crime; II- The Coup D'etat At Bay.
  • BOOK IV
  • THE OTHER CRIMESI
  • Sinister Questions; II
  • Sequel of Crimes; III
  • What 1852 Would Have Been; IV
  • The Jacquerie; BOOK V
  • PARLIAMENTARISM; I
  • 1789; II
  • Mirabeau; III
  • The Tribune; IV
  • The Orators; V
  • Influence of Oratory; VI
  • What an Orator Is; VII
  • What the Tribune Accomplished; VIII
  • Parliamentarism; IX
  • The Tribune Destroyed; BOOK VI
  • THE ABSOLUTION
  • FIRST PHASE: THE 7,500,000 VOTES; I
  • The Absolution; II
  • The Diligence; III
  • Scrutiny of the Vote
  • A Reminder of Principles
  • Facts; IV
  • Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte?; V
  • Concession.
  • VI
  • The Moral Side of the QuestionVII
  • An Explanation for M. Bonaparte's Benefit; VIII
  • Axioms; IX
  • Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself; BOOK VII
  • THE ABSOLUTION
  • SECOND PHASE: THE OATH; I
  • For an Oath, an Oath and a Half; II
  • Difference in Price; III
  • Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men; IV
  • Curiosities of the Business; V
  • The 5th of April, 1852; VI
  • Everywhere the Oath; BOOK VIII
  • PROGRESS CONTAINED IN THE COUP D'ÉTAT; I
  • The Quantum of Good Contained in Evil; II
  • The Four Institutions that Stand Opposed to the Republic; III
  • Slow Movement of Normal Progress.
  • IV
  • What an Assembly Would Have DoneV
  • What Providence Has Done; VI
  • What the Ministers, Army, Magistracy, and Clergy Have Done; VII
  • The Form of the Government of God; CONCLUSION
  • PART FIRST: PETTINESS OF THE MASTER
  • ABJECTNESS OF THE SITUATION; I; II; III; CONCLUSION
  • PART SECOND: FAITH AND AFFLICTION; I; II; Endnotes.