An organized, comprehensive index presents the author's complete corpus by grouping individual stories, novellas, and essays into the Comédie Humaine divisions — scenes of private life, provincial life, Parisian life, political and military scenes, country life, philosophical studies, and analytical studies — and supplies an alphabetical listing of titles and series. The volume functions as a navigational aid, showing how pieces relate within larger cycles, indicating their placement and grouping, and offering a concise reference for locating and understanding the scope and internal organization of the collected works.