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Title: The History of a Crime
The Testimony of an Eye-Witness

Author: Victor Hugo

Release Date: December 4, 2003 [EBook #10381]

Language: English

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THE HISTORY OF A CRIME

THE TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS

By VICTOR HUGO

Translated by T.H. JOYCE and ARTHUR LOCKER.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

THE FIRST DAY--THE AMBUSH.

I. "Security"
II. Paris sleeps--the Bell rings
III. What had happened during the Night
IV. Other Doings of the Night
V. The Darkness of the Crime
VI. "Placards"
VII. No. 70, Rue Blanche
VIII. "Violation of the Chamber"
IX. An End worse than Death
X. The Black Door
XI. The High Court of Justice
XII. The Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement
XIII. Louis Bonaparte's Side-face
XIV. The D'Orsay Barracks
XV. Mazas
XVI. The Episode of the Boulevard St. Martin
XVII. The Rebound of the 24th June, 1848, on the 2d December 1851
XVIII. The Representatives hunted down
XIX. One Foot in the Tomb
XX. The Burial of a Great Anniversary

THE SECOND DAY--THE STRUGGLE.

I. They come to Arrest me
II. From the Bastille to the Rue de Cotte
III. The St. Antoine Barricade
IV. The Workmen's Societies ask us for the Order to fight
V. Baudin's Corpse
VI. The Decrees of the Representatives who remained Free
VII. The Archbishop
VIII. Mount Valerien
IX. The Lightning begins to flash among the People
X. What Fleury went to do at Mazas
XI. The End of the Second Day

THE THIRD DAY--THE MASSACRE.

I. Those who sleep and He who does not sleep
II. The Proceedings of the Committee
III. Inside the Elysee
IV. Bonaparte's Familiar Spirits
V. A Wavering Ally
VI. Denis Dussoubs
VII. Items and Interviews
VIII. The Situation
IX. The Porte Saint Martin
X. My Visit to the Barricades
XI. The Barricade of the Rue Meslay
XII. The Barricade of the Mairie of the Fifth Ar