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PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION

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The Brass Bell; or, The Chariot of Death is the second of EugeneSue's monumental serial known under the collective title of TheMysteries of the People; or History of a Proletarian Family Across theAges.

The first story—The Gold Sickle; or, Hena, the Virgin of the Isle ofSen—fittingly preludes the grand drama conceived by the author. Therethe Gallic people are introduced upon the stage of history in thesimplicity of their customs, their industrious habits, their bravery,lofty yet childlike—such as they were at the time of the Roman invasionby Caesar, 58 B. C. The present story is the thrilling introduction tothe class struggle, that starts with the conquest of Gaul, and, in thesubsequent seventeen stories, is pathetically and instructively carriedacross the ages, down to the French Revolution of 1848.

D. D. L.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Preface to the Translation
Chapter	1.	The Conflagration
Chapter	2.	In the Lion's Den
Chapter	3.	Gallic Virtue
Chapter	4.	The Trial
Chapter	5.	Into the Shallows
Chapter	6.	The Eve of Battle
Chapter	7.	The Battle of Vannes
Chapter	8.	After the Battle
Chapter	9.	Master and Slave
Chapter	10.	The Last Call to Arms
Chapter	11.	The Slaves' Toilet
Chapter	12.	Sold into Bondage
Chapter	13.	The Booth across the Way

CHAPTER I.

THE CONFLA

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