Table of Contents
CHAPTER I THE DINNER AT MADAME PILOU’S
CHAPTER II A PARTIAL CONFESSION
CHAPTER III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER IV THE SIN OF NARCISSUS
CHAPTER VI THE GRECIAN PROTOTYPE
CHAPTER VII THE MERCHANTS OF DAMASCUS AND DAN
CHAPTER VIII ‘RITE DE PASSAGE’
CHAPTER IX AT THE HÔTEL DE RAMBOUILLET
CHAPTER XI REBUILDING THE HOUSE OF CARDS
CHAPTER XIII ROBERT PILOU’S SCREEN
CHAPTER XIV A DEMONSTRATION IN FAITH
CHAPTER XVI A VISIT TO THE ABBAYE OF PORT-ROYAL
CHAPTER XVII ‘HYLAS, THE MOCKING SHEPHERD’
CHAPTER XVIII A DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XIX THE PLEASURES OF DESPAIR
CHAPTER XXI ‘WHAT IS CARTESIANISM?’
CHAPTER XXIII MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRY’S SATURDAY
CHAPTER XXIV SELF-IMPOSED SLAVERY
CHAPTER XXV THE SYMMETRY OF THE COMIC MUSE
CHAPTER XXVII THE CHRISTIAN VENUS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE ASCENT OF MOUNT CARMEL
CHAPTER XXIX THE BODY OF THE DRAGON
CHAPTER XXXI THE END OF THE ‘ROMAN’
CHAPTER XXXIII FACE TO FACE WITH FACTS
CHAPTER XXXIV OUT INTO THE VOID