Category: Biographies
Characters developed by the French Revolution.--Madame Roland.--Gratien Phlippon.--His repinings at his lot.--Views of Phlippon.--His hostility to the Church.--Origin of the French Revolution.--Character of Madame Phlippon.--Birth of Jane Maria.--Adored by her parents.--Discon...
Examination of Madame Roland.--Her esteem for the Girondists.--Eloquent defence of Madame Roland.--Madame Roland's reasons for not escaping.--Madame Roland's opinion of the Giro...
10. Chapter 10Fate of the Girondists.--Their heroic courage.--The Girondists in the Conciergerie.--Their miserable condition.--Youthful hopes cut short.--State of Paris.--Books and friends.--...
4. Chapter 4Sophia Cannet.--Roland de la Platiere.--M. Roland.--His personal appearance.--Character of M. Roland.--First impressions.--Jane's appreciation of M. Roland.--Minds and hearts.--...
11. Chapter 11Liberation of Madame Roland.--She is re-arrested.--Infamous cruelty of the Jacobins.--Anguish of Madame Roland.--Madame Roland recovers her composure.--Intellectual enjoyments.-...
3. Chapter 3First emotions of love.--A youthful artist.--Maiden timidity.--Number of suitors.--Jane as a letter writer.--Her sentiments adopted by the French ministry.--A rich meat merchant...
7. Chapter 7Advance of the allies.--Hopes of the king's friends.--Consternation at Paris.--Speech of Danton.--Despotic measures.--Domiciliary visits.--Opening of the catacombs.--Terror of t...
6. Chapter 6Parlor of Madame Roland.--Vacillation of Louis.--Measures of the Girondists.--Their perilous position.--Rumors of invasion.--The rabble.--Danger of the Girondists.--Their demand...
8. Chapter 8The Jacobins resolve to bring the king to trial.--Famine in Paris.--Suspicions against the Girondists.--Baseness of the Jacobins.--Peril of the Girondists.--Anxious deliberation...
5. Chapter 5Portentous mutterings.--Welcomed as blessings.--Enthusiasm of Madame Roland.--Louis XVI.--Maria Antoinette.--Character of Maria Antoinette.--Character of Louis.--M. Roland elect...
9. Chapter 9The Convention, the mob, the Jacobins.--Robespierre, Danton, Marat.--Aspect of the mob.--The Jacobins' sword of justice.--The Convention invaded.--Triumph of the mob.--Fraterniz...
2. Chapter 2Convent life.--Its influence upon Jane.--Jane leaves the convent.--Her attachment to one of the nuns.--Jane partakes of the Lord's Supper.--Preparations for the solemnity.--Jane...
1. Chapter 1Characters developed by the French Revolution.--Madame Roland.--Gratien Phlippon.--His repinings at his lot.--Views of Phlippon.--His hostility to the Church.--Origin of the Fre...