Introduction\\ 1. To Paris\\ 2. The dream of an intense experience\\ 3. What a droll thing to represent\\ 4. Flaubert's nerds\\ 5. The quickened notations of our modernity\\ 6. The death of Zola, sex in french novel, and the improper\\ 7. For the sake of this end\\ Epilogue: chariot of fire\\ //Notes//\\ //Bibliography//\\ //Acknoledgments//\\ //Index//