Napoleon the Little / Victor Hugo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.

Standardized Title:

Napoléon le Petit. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.

Napoleon.

France--History---- Coup d''état, 1851.

France.

France--History--Second Republic, 1848-1852.

France--Politics and government--1848-1852.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland : The Floating Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English, translated from French.

Summary:

An influential political pamphlet criticizing the rule of Napoleon III and the Second French Empire.

Contents:

Title; Contents; BOOK I; I - December 20, 1848; II - Mission of the Representatives; III - Notice of Expiration of Term; IV - Men Will Awaken; V - Biography; VI - Portrait; VII - In Continuation of the Panegyrics; BOOK II; I - The Constitution; II - The Senate; III - The Council of State and the Corps Législatif; IV - The Finances; V - The Liberty of the Press; VI - Novelties in Respect to What is Lawful; VII - The Adherents; VIII - Mens Agitat Molem; IX - Omnipotence; X - The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte; XI - Recapitulation; BOOK III; I - The Crime; II- The Coup D''etat At Bay

BOOK IV - THE OTHER CRIMESI - Sinister Questions; II - Sequel of Crimes; III - What 1852 Would Have Been; IV - The Jacquerie; BOOK V - PARLIAMENTARISM; I - 1789; II - Mirabeau; III - The Tribune; IV - The Orators; V - Influence of Oratory; VI - What an Orator Is; VII - What the Tribune Accomplished; VIII - Parliamentarism; IX - The Tribune Destroyed; BOOK VI - THE ABSOLUTION-FIRST PHASE: THE 7,500,000 VOTES; I - The Absolution; II - The Diligence; III - Scrutiny of the Vote-A Reminder of Principles-Facts; IV - Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte?; V - Concession

VI - The Moral Side of the QuestionVII - An Explanation for M. Bonaparte''s Benefit; VIII - Axioms; IX - Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself; BOOK VII - THE ABSOLUTION-SECOND PHASE: THE OATH; I - For an Oath, an Oath and a Half; II - Difference in Price; III - Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men; IV - Curiosities of the Business; V - The 5th of April, 1852; VI - Everywhere the Oath; BOOK VIII - PROGRESS CONTAINED IN THE COUP D''ÉTAT; I - The Quantum of Good Contained in Evil; II - The Four Institutions that Stand Opposed to the Republic; III - Slow Movement of Normal Progress

IV - What an Assembly Would Have DoneV - What Providence Has Done; VI - What the Ministers, Army, Magistracy, and Clergy Have Done; VII - The Form of the Government of God; CONCLUSION - PART FIRST: PETTINESS OF THE MASTER-ABJECTNESS OF THE SITUATION; I; II; III; CONCLUSION - PART SECOND: FAITH AND AFFLICTION; I; II; Endnotes

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest, viewed January 23, 2026).

ISBN:

1-77651-839-X

9781775452799

OCLC:

769343972