# Ninety-three

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Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize) is the last novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. Published in 1874, shortly after the bloody upheaval of the Paris Commune, the novel concerns the Revolt in the Vendée and Chouannerie—the counter-revolutionary revolts in 1793 during the French Revolution. It is divided into three parts, but not chronologically; each part tells a different story, offering a different view of historical general events.
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NINETY-THREE.
By VICTOR HUGO,
Author of "Les Miserables," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "By Order of the King," "Toilers of the Sea," "History of a Crime."
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS,NEW YORK.
CONTENTS.
PART FIRST.—AT SEA. :
| BOOK FIRST. |||
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| | The Woods of La Saudraie | 8 |
| BOOK SECOND.—THE CORVETTE "CLAYMORE." |||
| I. | England and France. | 20 |
| II. | A Night on Shipboard, and concerning the Passenger. | 23 |
| III. | Noble and Plebeian in Alliance. | 25 |
| IV. | Tormentum Belli. | 31 |
| V. | Vis et Vir. | 33 |
| VI. | The Two Scales of the Balance. | 38 |
| VII. | A Voyage is a Lottery. | 41 |
| VIII. | 9—380 | 44 |
| IX. | Some one Escapes. | 49 |
| X. | Does he Escape? | 51 |
| BOOK THIRD.—HALMALO. |||
| I. | The Persuasive Power of Human Speech. | 54 |
| II. | A Peasant's Memory is Worth a Captain's Knowledge. | 59 |
| BOOK FOURTH.—TELLMARCH. |||
| I. | The Top of the Dune. | 68 |
| II. | Aures Habet et non Audiet. | 71 |
| III. | The Advantage of Large Letters. | 73 |
| IV. | The Caimand. | 75 |
| V. | Signed "Gauvain". | 81 |
| VI. | The Sudden Changes of Civil War. | 84 |
| VII. | No Mercy: The Watchword of the Commune. No Quarter: The Watchword of the Princes. | 88 ​ |
| PART SECOND—IN PARIS. |||
| BOOK FIRST.—CIMOURDAIN. |||
| I. | The Streets of Paris at this Period. | 94 |
| II. | Cimourdain. | 101 |
| III. | A Heel not Dipped in the Styx. | 107 |
| BOOK SECOND.—THE PUBLIC HOUSE OF THE RUE DU PAON. |||
| I. | Minos, Æacus, and Rhadamanthus. | 111 |
| II. | Magna Testantur Voce per Umbras. | 112 |
| III. | The Thrill of Hidden Chords. | 126 |
| BOOK THIRD.—THE CONVENTION. |||
| I. | The Convention. | 135 |
| II. | Marat in the Lobby. | 158 |
| PART THIRD.—IN VENDEE. |||
| BOOK FIRST.—IN VENDEE. |||
| I. | The Forests. | 164 |
| II. | The Men. | 166 |
| III. | Men and Forests in Connivance. | 168 |
| IV. | Their Life Underground. | 170 |
| V. | Their Life in Time of War. | 172 |
| VI. | The Soul of the Earth absorbed by Men. | 177 |
| VII. | La Vendée was the End of Brittany. | 180 |
| BOOK SECOND.—THE THREE CHILDREN. |||
| I. | Plus Quam Civilia Bella. | 181 |
| II. | Dol. | 188 |
| III. | Small Armies and Great Battles. | 194 |
| IV. | It is the Second Time. | 201 |
| V. | The Drop of Cold Water. | 203 |
| VI. | A Healed Breast, a Bleeding Heart. | 206 |
| VII. | The Two Poles of Truth. | 211 |
| VIII. | Dolorosa. | 217 |
| IX. | A Provincial Bastille. | 220 |
| X. | The Hostages. | 228 |
| XI. | Terrible as in Ancient Days. | 234 ​ |
| XII. | A Scheme for Escape. | 237 |
| XIII. | What the Marquis Does. | 240 |
| XIV. | What L'Imanus Does. | 242 |
| BOOK THIRD.—THE MASSACRE OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW. |||
| I. | | 244 |
| II. | | 247 |
| III. | | 249 |
| IV. | | 251 |
| V. | | 254 |
| VI. | | 256 |
| VII. | | 258 |
| BOOK FOURTH.—THE MOTHER. |||
| I. | Death Passes by. | 260 |
| II. | Death Speaks. | 263 |
| III. | Murmurings of the Peasants. | 267 |
| IV. | A Mistake. | 271 |
| V. | Vox in Deserto. | 273 |
| VI. | The Situation. | 275 |
| VII. | Preliminaries. | 278 |
| VIII. | The Summons and the Reply. | 282 |
| IX. | Titans against Giants. | 285 |
| X. | Radoub. | 289 |
| XI. | The Desperate. | 296 |
| XII. | A Deliverer. | 299 |
| XIII. | The Executioner. | 301 |
| XIV. | L'Imânus also Escapes. | 303 |
| XV. | Never put a Watch and a Key in the same Pocket. | 306 |
| BOOK FIFTH—IN DÆMONE DEUS. |||
| I. | Found but Lost. | 310 |
| II. | From the Stone Door to the Iron Door. | 317 |
| III. | The Children Awaken. | 319 |
| BOOK SIXTH—THE BATTLE AFTER THE VICTORY. |||
| I. | Lantenac Taken. | 324 |
| II. | Freedom or Death—Which? | 326 |
| III. | The General's Cloak. | 338 ​ |
| BOOK SEVENTH.—FEUDALISM AND REVOLUTION. |||
| I. | The Ancestor. | 341 |
| II. | The Court-Martial. | 348 |
| III. | The Votes. | 352 |
| IV. | After Cimourdain as a Judge, Cimourdain as Master. | 356 |
| V. | The Dungeon. | 357 |
| VI. | Nevertheless, the sun rises. | 365 |
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