Analytical studies : physiology of marriage and petty troubles of married life / Honore de Balzac.

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Title; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE; Introduction; FIRST PART -- A GENERAL CONSIDERATION; Meditation I -- The Subject; Meditation II -- Marriage Statistics; Meditation III -- Of the Honest Woman; Meditation IV -- Of the Virtuous Woman; Meditation V -- Of the Predestined; Meditation VI -- Of Boarding Schools; Meditation VII -- Of the Honeymoon; Meditation VIII -- Of the First Symptoms; Meditation IX -- Epilogue; SECOND PART -- MEANS OF DEFENCE, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR; Meditation X -- A Treatise on Marital Policy; Meditation XI -- Instruction in the Home.

Meditation XII -- The Hygiene of MarriageMeditation XIII -- Of Personal Measures; Meditation XIV -- Of Apartments; Meditation XV -- Of the Custom House; Meditation XVI -- The Charter of Marriage; Meditation XVII -- The Theory of the Bed; Meditation XVIII -- Of Marital Revolutions; Meditation XIX -- Of the Lover; Meditation XX -- Essay on Police; Meditation XXI -- The Art of Returning Home; Meditation XXII -- Of Catastrophes; THIRD PART -- RELATING TO CIVIL WAR; Meditation XXIII -- Of Manifestoes; Meditation XXIV -- Principles of Strategy; Meditation XXV -- Of Allies; Meditation XXVI -- Of Different Weapons.

Meditation XXVII -- Of the Last SymptomsMeditation XXVIII -- Of Compensations; Meditation XXIX -- Of Conjugal Peace; Meditation XXX -- Conclusion; Postscript; PETTY TROUBLES OF MARRIED LIFE; PART FIRST; Preface; The Unkindest Cut of All; Revelations; Axioms; The Attentions of a Wife; Small Vexations; The Ultimatum; Women''s Logic; The Jesuitism of Women; Memories and Regrets; Observations; The Matrimonial Gadfly; Hard Labor; Forced Smiles; Nosography of the Villa; Trouble Within Trouble; A Household Revolution; The Art of Being a Victim; The French Campaign; A Solo on the Hearse; PART SECOND.

PrefaceHusbands During the Second Month; Disappointed Ambition; The Pangs of Innocence; The Universal Amadis; Without an Occupation; Indiscretions; Brutal Disclosures; A Truce; Useless Care; Smoke Without Fire; The Domestic Tyrant; The Avowal; Humiliations; The Last Quarrel; A Signal Failure; The Chestnuts in the Fire; Ultima Ratio; Commentary; Endnotes.

This section of The Human Comdedy, the multi-volume series of stories, tales, and essays that comprised most Honore de Balzac''s life''s work, focuses on love and marriage as they existed in early nineteenth-century Europe. An eclectic collection of essays, satirical observations, short tales, and character sketches, this unique excerpt is an interesting introduction to Balzac''s writing.

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