The Abyss

Marguerite Yourcenar instantly assumes command of our imagination in her novel "The Abyss. Almost before we know it the author establishes a scene and time, and engages us in the fate of two cousins.

Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote stories, plays, poems, and novels, notably Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.

PART ONE THE WANDERINGS

5

(146)

The Higbroad

5

(8)

Zeno's Boyhood

13

(17)

The Leisures of Summer

30

(10)

Festivities at Dranoutre

40

(11)

Departure from Bruges

51

(6)

They Said...

57

(4)

Death in Munster

61

(22)

The Fuggers of Cologne

83

(20)

A Conversation in Innsbruck

103

(27)

The Career of Henry Maximilian

130

(8)

Zeno's Last Journeys

138

(13)

PART TWO IMMOBILITY

151

(140)

Return to Bruges

151

(14)

The Abyss

165

(31)

The Prior's Illness

196

(30)

Disorders of the Flesh

226

(26)

A Walk on the Dunes

252

(26)

The Mouse Trap

278

(13)

PART THREE PRISON

291

(68)

The Indictment

291

(29)

A Noble Abode

320

(10)

The Canon's Visit

330

(17)

Zeno's Ending

347

(12)

Author's Note

359

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