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The Mysteries of Paris, illustrated with etchings, Vol. 3

Chapter 17: Transcriber's Notes:
By Eugène Sue
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A sprawling Parisian narrative interlaces episodes from bazaars, boarding-houses, prisons, and legal offices to reveal interconnected lives across social classes. Intimate street scenes show flirtation and commerce, while the discovery of a hidden letter in secondhand furniture exposes ruined fortunes and callous conduct by a legal agent. Subsequent chapters follow desperate parents, imprisoned singers, protectresses and fragile alliances between patrons and the poor, tracing how poverty, secrecy, and social hypocrisy shape individual choices and public consequences.

Transcriber's Notes:

This e-text was prepared from numbered edition 505 of the 1000 printed.

In the original text the title "The Mysteries of Paris" and the "Edition de Luxe" are printed in Bold Gothic Font.

Minor punctuation and capitalization corrections have been made without comment.

Minor typographical errors of single words, otherwise spelled correctly throughout the text have been made without comment.

Contents, corrected printers error of Chapter III page reference from page 109 to page 108.

p. 26, removed duplicate "and" (strictly and expressly forbidden)

p. 86, changed "ask" to "asked" ("...on the spot?" asked Rodolph.)

Word Variations appearing in the original text which have been retained:

"Duchess" and "Duchesse"
"good-by" and "good-bye"
"Halloa" and "Holloa"
"Saint-Remy" and "Saint Rémy"

Throughout the text, illustrations and their captions were placed on facing pages. For the purpose of this e-text these pages have been combined into one entry.

Footnotes, originally at the bottom of a printed page, have been placed directly below the paragraph in which their anchor symbol appears.