"Life in the present age is not disturbed by that energetic passion what has its form in its very energy, yes, even in…"

"The reflexion in domestic life of the age of revolution is recalled, the reflexion of the present age in domestic lif…"

"Complaining about disloyalty and faithfulness between man and man is not uncommon in the world, and frequently enough…"

"Unlike the wise man, who understands everything as applying to himself and always understands himself as implied, the…"

"The author has been faithful to himself. If anyone makes the foolish comment that he has been faithful over little be…"

"Although part 1 of the novel is called “The Age of Revolution,” attention concentrates on Claudine so that the main m…"

"The novel has as its premise the distinctive totality of the age, and the production is the reflexion of this in dome…"

"The ugliest person can make me utterly forget his external appearance by the fascination of the manifestation of his …"

"Part II. Mariane. Frightened out of youthful illusion by her stepmother long, long ago, driven into the busy househol…"

"Remove the relation to oneself, and we have the tumultuous self-relating of the mass to an idea; but remove this as w…"