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Title: Napoleon the Little

Author: Victor Hugo

Release Date: February 14, 2007 [EBook #20580]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO

Handy Library Edition

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

_THE WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO_

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE

_BOSTON_
_LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY_

_Copyright, 1909,_
By Little, Brown, and Company

CONTENTS

PAGE
BOOK I

I. December 20, 1848 1

II. Mission of the Representatives 10

III. Notice of Expiration of Term 12

IV. Men Will Awaken 17

V. Biography 22

VI. Portrait 26

VII. In Continuation of the Panegyrics 35

BOOK II

I. The Constitution 46

II. The Senate 49

III. The Council of State and the Corps
Legislatif 52

IV. The Finances 55

V. The Liberty of the Press 57

VI. Novelties in Respect to What Is Lawful 60

VII. The Adherents 64

VIII. Meus Agitat Molem 69

IX. Omnipotence 76

X. The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte 81

XI. Recapitulation 86

BOOK III

The Crime 96

The Coup d'Etat at Bay 98

BOOK IV

THE OTHER CRIMES

I. Sinister Questions 150

II. Sequel of the Crimes 159

III. What 1802 Would Have Been 1