Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE BLUE DUCHESS

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THE LOTUS LIBRARY

FULL LIST OF VOLUMES IN THE LIBRARY

THE TRAGEDY OF A GENIUS =Honoré de Balzac=

VATHEK =William Beckford=

THE MATAPAN JEWELS =Fortuné du Boisgobey=

THE BLUE DUCHESS =Paul Bourget=

ANDRÉ CORNÉLIS =Paul Bourget=

A WOMAN’S HEART =Paul Bourget=

OUR LADY OF LIES =Paul Bourget=

THE CHILDREN OF ALSACE =René Bazin=

THE WOMAN OF THE HILL =“Une Circassienne”=

THE ROMANCE OF A HAREM =“Une Circassienne”=

SAPHO =Alphonse Daudet=

THE POPINJAY =Alphonse Daudet=

SIDONIE’S REVENGE =Alphonse Daudet=

THE NABOB =Alphonse Daudet=

A PASSION OF THE SOUTH =Alphonse Daudet=

THE BLACK TULIP =Alexandre Dumas=

THE LADY WITH THE =Alexandre Dumas=
CAMELIAS

MADAME BOVARY =Gustave Flaubert=

SALAMMBÔ =Gustave Flaubert=

THE TEMPTATION OF ST. =Gustave Flaubert=
ANTHONY

THAÏS =Anatole France=

THE SHE-WOLF =Maxime Formont=

THE DIAMOND NECKLACE =Franz Funck-Brentano=

CAGLIOSTRO & CO. =Franz Funck-Brentano=

THE BLACKMAILERS (“Le =Emile Gaboriau=
Dossier No. 113”)

THE RED SHIRTS =Paul Gaulot=

MDLLE. DE MAUPIN =Théophile Gautier=

THE MUMMY’S ROMANCE =Théophile Gautier=

CAPTAIN FRACASSE =Théophile Gautier=

LA FAUSTIN =Edmond de Goncourt=

THE OUTLAW OF ICELAND =Victor Hugo=
(“Hans D’Islande”)

A GOOD-NATURED FELLOW =Paul de Kock=

COUNT BRÜHL =Joseph Kraszewski=

THEIR MAJESTIES THE KINGS =Jules Lemaître=

MADAME SANS-GÉNE =E. Lepelletier=

THE ROMANCE OF A SPAHI =Pierre Loti=

WOMAN AND PUPPET =Pierre Louys=

THE DISASTER =Paul and Victor
Margueritte=

THE WHITE ROSE =Auguste Maquet=

A WOMAN’S SOUL =Guy de Maupassant=

THE LATIN QUARTER =Henri Murger=
(“Scénes de la Vie de
Bohéme”)

A MODERN MAN’S CONFESSION =Alfred and Paul de
Musset=

HE AND SHE =Alfred and Paul de
Musset=

THE RIVAL ACTRESSES =Georges Ohnet=

THE POISON DEALER =Georges Ohnet=

IN DEEP ABYSS =Georges Ohnet=

THE WOMAN OF MYSTERY =Georges Ohnet=

LIFE’S LAST GIFT =Louis de Robert=

THE DESIRE OF LIFE =Matilde Serao=

WHEN IT WAS DARK =Guy Thorne=

THE KREUTZER SONATA =Leo Tolstoy=

SEBASTOPOL =Leo Tolstoy=

DRINK =Emile Zola=

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON =Anonymous=
MUNCHAUSEN

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THE

Blue Duchess

By

PAUL BOURGET

Translated by

ERNEST TRISTAN

LONDON: GREENING & CO.

NEW YORK: BRENTANO’S

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