# The Hated Son

Author: Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Historical Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1455

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Hated+Son+Balzac&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On a winter’s night, about two in the morning, the Comtesse Jeanne d’Herouville felt such violent pains that in spite of her inexperience, she was conscious of an approaching confinement; and the instinct which makes us hope for ease in a change of posture induced her to sit up in her bed, either to study the nature of these new sufferings, or to reflect on her situation. She was a prey to cruel fears,--caused less by the dread of a first lying-in, which terrifies most women, than by certain dangers which awaited her child.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-hated-son-1455/chapters/2/index.md)