Wandering Jew, Part 1

by Eugène Sue

Published 1800 -1900

56 chapters18h 46mEnglish1889

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The Wandering Jew and his sister Hérodiade are condemned to wander the earth and protect the Rennepont family from all harm, until the entire family has disappeared from the earth. The story follows this family and rarely features the Wandering Jew himself. The Renneponts were Huguenots persecuted by the Jesuits under Louis XIV. Immediately before the persecution, a small fortune was entrusted to a Jewish banker. This fortune has grown to an immense sum. 150 years later, the family is summoned back to Paris to disperse this fortune. They come from the four corners of the earth and from all social levels, not knowing why they're being summoned since the secret has been lost to time. However, the Jesuits know about it and want to keep this fortune for themselves. They employ agents all over the world to put obstacles in the way of the Renneponts. Published as a serial novel, it has over 170 chapters in 3 parts. This is Part One, containing Books 1-3 of 11. NOTE: This work is overtly and intensely anti-Catholic. - Summary by TriciaG

Chapters (55)

1Part 1: The Transgression. Book 1 Prologue: The Land’s End of Two Worlds

397

2Book 1 Ch 1: Morok

1059

3Book 1 Ch 2: The Travellers

1502

4Book 1 Ch 3: The Arrival

812

5Book 1 Ch 4: Morok and Dagobert

1640

6Book 1 Ch 5: Rose and Blanche

885

7Book 1 Ch 6: The Secret

1135

8Book 1 Ch 7: The Traveller

1262

9Book 1 Ch 8: Extracts from General Simon’s Diary

1216

10Book 1 Ch 9: The Cages

992

11Book 1 Ch 10: The Surprise

748

12Book 1 Ch 11: Jovial and Death

1016

13Book 1 Ch 12: The Burgomaster

1046

14Book 1 Ch 13: The Judgement

1194

15Book 1 Ch 14: The Decision

992

16Book 1 Ch 15: The Despatches

1124

17Book 1 Ch 16: The Orders

1505

18Book 2 Interval: The Wandering Jew’s Sentence

909

19Book 2 Ch 17: The Ajoupa

1107

20Book 2 Ch 18: The Tattooing

750

21Book 2 Ch 19: The Smuggler

1209

22Book 2 Ch 20: M. Joshua van Dael

1098

23Book 2 Ch 21: The Ruins of Tchandi

1581

24Book 2 Ch 22: The Ambuscade

1247

25Book 2 Ch 23: M. Rodin

2337

26Book 2 Ch 24: The Tempest

857

27Book 2 Ch 25: The Shipwreck

1471

28Book 2 Ch 26: The Departure for Paris

1256

29Book 2 Ch 27: Dagobert’s Wife

894

30Book 2 Ch 28: The Sister of the Bacchanal Queen

1153

31Book 2 Ch 29: Agricola Baudoin

1569

32Book 2 Ch 30: The Return

1258

33Book 2 Ch 31: Agricola and Mother Bunch

1214

34Book 2 Ch 32: The Awakening

2033

35Book 2 Ch 33: The Pavilion

1009

36Book 2 Ch 34: Adrienne at Her Toilet

2297

37Book 2 Ch 35: The Interview

1504

38Book 3 Ch 36: A Female Jesuit

1440

39Book 3 Ch 37: The Plot

1432

40Book 3 Ch 38: Adrienne’s Enemies

1064

41Book 3 Ch 39: The Skirmish

736

42Book 3 Ch 40: The Revolt

1430

43Book 3 Ch 41: Treachery

373

44Book 3 Ch 42: The Snare

1416

45Book 3 Ch 43: A False Friend

1261

46Book 3 Ch 44: The Minister’s Cabinet

1564

47Book 3 Ch 45: The Visit

1847

48Book 3 Ch 46: Presentiments

973

49Book 3 Ch 47: The Letter

1182

50Book 3 Ch 48: The Confessional

1527

51Book 3 Ch 49: My Lord and Spoil-sport

867

52Book 3 Ch 50: Appearances

799

53Book 3 Ch 51: The Convent

1880

54Book 3 Ch 52: The Influence of a Confessor

1267

55Book 3 Ch 53: The Examination

1149

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