Produced by David Widger and Pat Castevens

THE WANDERING JEW

By Eugene Sue

A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF

The Wandering Jew

EUGENE SUE

(1804-1857)

Time and again physicians and seamen have made noteworthy reputations asnovelists. But it is rare in the annals of literature that a man trainedin both professions should have gained his greatest fame as a writer ofnovels. Eugene Sue began his career as a physician and surgeon, and thenspent six years in the French Navy. In 1830, when he returned to France,he inherited his father's rich estate and was free to follow hisinclination to write. His first novel, "Plick et Plock", met with anunexpected success, and he at once foreswore the arts of healing andnavigation for the precarious life of a man of letters. With varyingsuccess he produced books from his inexhaustible store of personalexperiences as a doctor and sailor. In 1837, he wrote an authoritativework on the French Navy, "Histoire de la marine Francaise".

More and more the novel appealed to his imagination and suited his gifts.His themes ranged from the fabulous to the strictly historical, and hebecame popular as a writer of romance and fictionized fact. His plays,however, were persistent failures. When he published "The Mysteries ofParis", his national fame was assured, and with the writing of "TheWandering Jew" he achieved world-wide renown. Then, at the height of hisliterary career, Eugene Sue was driven into exile after Louis Napoleonoverthrew the Constitutional Government in a coup d'etat and had himselfofficially proclaimed Emperor Napoleon III. The author of "The WanderingJew" died in banishment five years later.

Book I.

Part First.—The Transgression. Prologue.—The Lands End of the World.I. MorokII. The TravellersIII. The ArrivalIV. Morok and DagobertV. Rose and BlancheVI. The SecretVII. The TravellerVIII. Extracts from General Simon's DiaryIX. The CagesX. The SurpriseXI. Jovial and DeathXII. The BurgomasterXIII. The JudgmentXIV. The DecisionXV. The DespatchesXVI. The Orders

Book II.

Interval.—The Wandering Jew's Sentence.

XVII. The Ajoupa
XVIII. The Tattooing
XIX. The Smuggler
XX. M. Joshua Van Dael
XXI. The Ruins of Tchandi
XXII. The Ambuscade
XXIII. M. Rodin
XXIV. The Tempest
XXV. The Shipwreck
XXVI. The Departure for Paris
XXVII. Dagobert's Wife
XXVIII. The Sister of the Bacchanal Queen
XXIX. Agricola Baudoin
XXX. The Return
XXXI. Agricola and Mother Bunch
XXXII. The Awakening
XXXIII. The Pavilion
XXXIV. Adrienne at her Toilet
XXXV. The Interview

Book III.

XXXVI. A Female Jesuit
XXXVII. The Plot
XXXVIII. Adrienne's Enemies
XXXIX. The Skirmish
XL. The Revolt
XLI. Treachery
XLII. The Snare
XLIII. A False Friend
XLIV. The Minister's Cabinet
XLV. The Visit
XLVI. Presentiments
XLVII. The Letter
XLVIII. The Confessional
XLIX. My Lord and Spoil-sport
L. Appearances
LI. The Convent
LII. The Influence of a Confessor
LIII. The

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