_ Title: The Village Rector
       Translator: Katharine Prescott Wormeley
        
       DEDICATION
       To Helene.
       The tiniest boat is not launched upon the sea without the protection of some living emblem or revered name, placed upon it by the mariners. In accordance with this time-honored custom, Madame, I pray you to be the protectress of this book now launched upon our literary ocean; and may the Imperial name which the Church has canonized and your devotion has doubly sanctified for me guard it from perils.
       De Balzac. _

Dedication
Chapter 1. The Sauviats
Chapter 2. Veronique
Chapter 3. Marriage
Chapter 4. The History Of Many Married Women In The Provinces
Chapter 5. Tascheron
Chapter 6. Discussions And Christian Solicitudes
Chapter 7. Montegnac
Chapter 8. The Rector Of Montegnac
Chapter 9. Denise
Chapter 10. Third Phase Of Veronique's Life
Chapter 11. The Rector At Work
Chapter 12. The Soul Of Forests
Chapter 13. Farrabesche
Chapter 14. The Torrent Of The Gabou
Chapter 15. Story Of A Galley-Slave
Chapter 16. Concerns One Of The Blunders Of The Nineteenth Century
Chapter 17. The Revolution Of July Judged At Montegnac
Chapter 18. Catherine Curieux
Chapter 19. A Death Blow
Chapter 20. The Last Struggle
Chapter 21. Confession At The Gates Of The Tomb