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The History of a Crime

by Victor Hugo

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  1. 1Chapter I — “Security”
  2. 2Chapter II — Paris Sleeps — The Bell Rings
  3. 3Chapter III — What Had Happened During the Night
  4. 4Chapter IV — Other Doings of the Night
  5. 5Chapter V — The Darkness of the Crime
  6. 6Chapter VI — “Placards”
  7. 7Chapter VII — No. 70, Rue Blanche
  8. 8Chapter VIII — “Violation of the Chamber”
  9. 9Chapter IX — An End Worse Than Death
  10. 10Chapter X — The Black Door
  11. 11Chapter XI — The High Court of Justice
  12. 12Chapter XII — The Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement
  13. 13Chapter XIII — Louis Bonaparte’s Side-Face
  14. 14Chapter XIV — The D’Orsay Barracks
  15. 15Chapter XV — Mazas
  16. 16Chapter XVI — The Episode of the Boulevard St. Martin
  17. 17Chapter XVII — The Rebound of the 24th June, 1848, on the 2d Decemb…
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — The Representatives Hunted Down
  19. 19Chapter XIX — One Foot in the Tomb
  20. 20Chapter XX — The Burial of a Great Anniversary
  21. 21The Second Day — The Struggle
  22. 22Chapter II — From the Bastille to the Rue de Cotte
  23. 23Chapter III — The St. Antoine Barricade
  24. 24Chapter IV — The Workmen’s Societies Ask Us for the Order to Fight
  25. 25Chapter V — Baudins’s Corpse
  26. 26Chapter VI — The Decrees of the Representatives Who Remained Free
  27. 27Chapter VII — The Archbishop
  28. 28Chapter VIII — Mount Valerien
  29. 29Chapter IX — The Lightning Begins to Flash Amongst the People
  30. 30Chapter X — What Fleury Went to Do at Mazas
  31. 31Chapter XI — The End of the Second Day
  32. 32The Third Day — The Massacre
  33. 33Chapter II — The Proceedings of the Committee
  34. 34Chapter III — Inside the Elysee
  35. 35Chapter IV — Bonaparte’s Familiar Spirits
  36. 36Chapter V — A Wavering Ally
  37. 37Chapter VI — Denis Dussoubs
  38. 38Chapter VII — Items and Interviews
  39. 39Chapter VIII — The Situation
  40. 40Chapter IX — The Porte Saint Martin
  41. 41Chapter X — My Visit to the Barricade
  42. 42Chapter XI — The Barricade of the Rue Meslay
  43. 43Chapter XII — The Barricade of the Mairie of the Fifth Arrondissement
  44. 44Chapter XIII — The Barricade of the Rue Thevenot
  45. 45Chapter XIV — Ossian and Scipio
  46. 46Chapter XV — The Question Presents Itself
  47. 47Chapter XVI — The Massacre
  48. 48Chapter XVII — The Appointment Made With the Workmen’s Societies
  49. 49Chapter XVIII — The Verification of Moral Laws
  50. 50The Fourth Day — The Victory
  51. 51Chapter II — What Happened During the Night — The Market Quarter
  52. 52Chapter III — What Happened During the Night — The Petit Carreau
  53. 53Chapter IV — What Was Done During the Night — The Passage du Saumon
  54. 54Chapter V — Other Deeds of Darkness
  55. 55Chapter VI — The Consultative Committee
  56. 56Chapter VII — The Other List
  57. 57Chapter VIII — David D’Angers
  58. 58Chapter IX — Our Last Meeting
  59. 59Chapter X — Duty Can Have Two Aspects
  60. 60Chapter XI — The Combat Finished, the Ordeal Begins
  61. 61Chapter XII — The Exiled
  62. 62Chapter XIII — The Military Commissions and the Mixed Commissions
  63. 63Chapter XIV — A Religious Incident
  64. 64Chapter XV — How They Came Out of Ham
  65. 65Chapter XVI — A Retrospect
  66. 66Chapter XVII — Conduct of the Left
  67. 67Chapter XVIII — Page Written at Brussels
  68. 68Chapter XIX — The Infallible Benediction
  69. 69Conclusion — The Fall
  70. 70Chapter II
  71. 71Chapter III
  72. 72Chapter IV
  73. 73Chapter V
  74. 74Chapter VI
  75. 75Chapter VII
  76. 76Chapter VIII
  77. 77Chapter IX
  78. 78Chapter X

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