PART II

_LETTERS_ 115

APPENDIX

I. LIST OF THOSE OF VICTOR HUGO'S POEMS WHICH WERE INSPIRED BY JULIETTE DROUET 311

II. BOOKS CONCERNING JULIETTE DROUET 314

III. WORKS OF ART REPRESENTING JULIETTE DROUET 314

INDEX 317

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VICTOR HUGO AND JULIETTE DROUET _Photogravure Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

THE CHÂTEAU OF FOUGÈRES IN 1831 1

CLAIRE PRADIER AS A CHILD 8

VICTOR HUGO AS A YOUNG MAN 16

JULIETTE DROUET IN THE RÔLE OF LA PRINCESSE NÉGRONI 24

JULIETTE DROUET IN THE RÔLE OF LA PRINCESSE NÉGRONI 32

HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE OF LES METZ, IN THE PARISH OF JOUY-EN-JOSAS, SEINE-ET-OISE 32

CHURCH OF BIÈVRES, SEINE-ET-OISE 40

VICTOR HUGO ABOUT 1836 48

"LE CITOYEN VICTOR HUGO JOUANT AU CONGRÈS DE LA PAIX" 64

CLAIRE PRADIER AT FIFTEEN 72

CLAIRE PRADIER ON HER DEATHBED 80

JULIETTE DROUET IN JERSEY 88

VICTOR HUGO IN JERSEY 96

VICTOR HUGO, HIS FAMILY, AND JULIETTE DROUET AT HAUTEVILLE HOUSE 104

JULIETTE DROUET IN 1883 112

CLAIRE PRADIER 120

JULIETTE DROUET ABOUT 1830 128

A PAGE OF JULIETTE DROUET'S NOTE-BOOK IN 1834 136

AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM JULIETTE DROUET TO HER DAUGHTER CLAIRE 144

VICTOR HUGO 160

CARICATURE OF MLLE. GEORGE, BY VICTOR HUGO 176

PORTRAIT OF VICTOR HUGO BY HIMSELF 176

AUTOGRAPH AND DRAWING BY JULIETTE DROUET 192

THE BRIDGE OF MARNE 208

A DEDICATION BY VICTOR HUGO TO JULIETTE DROUET 224

JULIETTE DROUET IN 1846 232

VICTOR HUGO, RÉPUBLICAIN 240

DRAWING BY VICTOR HUGO, SIGNED "TOTO" 256

THE FLOWER AND THE BUTTERFLY 256

JULIETTE DROUET'S HAND 272

VICTOR HUGO, BY RODIN 288

JULIETTE DROUET ABOUT 1877 296

THE DEATHBED OF VICTOR HUGO 304

A DEDICATION BY VICTOR HUGO TO JULIETTE DROUET 304

BOOK-PLATE DESIGNED FOR JULIETTE DROUET BY VICTOR HUGO 312

JULIETTE DROUET'S LOVE-LETTERS TO VICTOR HUGO