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Appendix III Narrative Chronology Chronology of Julie, based on that of Bernard Guyon and Henri Coulet in the Pléiade edition (Pléiade II, 1826–1829). 1732 First meeting: St. Preux is about nineteen, Julie and Claire seventeen (VI, xi). For an entire year they maintain “rigorous silence” (III, xviii). 1733 Fall. Beginning of the novel: the Wrst declaration of love; ages respectively twenty and eighteen (second preface, Pléiade p. 17). Chaillot has just died. 1734 Summer. The Wrst kiss (I, xiv). Fall. St. Preux travels to the Valais, at age 21 (II, xxvii), and meets Edward (cf. I, xlv). Julie and Wolmar meet in Vevey (I, xxii). Late fall and winter. St. Preux in Meillerie; Wrst sexual encounter (III, xviii). 1735 Spring. The chalet project (I, xxxviii). St. Preux goes to Neuchâtel to redeem ClaudeAnet. Edward atVevey; discovery of Italian music. Julie knows she is not pregnant (I, xlix). Fall. The night of love (I, liii). St. Preux’s quarrel with Edward. Julie believes she is pregnant (I, lvii). D’Étange’s rage and Julie’s miscarriage. Winter. St. Preux leaves for Paris, not yet 24 years of age (I, lxv, 186, note). Fortnight at Besançon and departure of Edward for Italy. 1736 St. Preux in Paris; Claire marries; Edward passes through Vevey on return from Italy.32 1737 St. Preux is 25 (II, xxvii, 302). Discovery of the letters, death of Madame d’Étange; St. Preux consents to Julie’s marriage. Julie’s smallpox. Summer. Wolmar is expected after a three-year absence (III, xiv, 334). 1738 Spring or summer. Julie’s marriage; her letter to St. Preux says she Wrst saw him six years earlier (III, xviii, 340). 1740 Fall. Departure of St. Preux with Anson’s Xeet (historical date). 1744 Spring. Julie and Claire are 28 (IV, ii); Julie has been married six years (IV, i). Return of St. Preux in June (historical date). Summer. St. Preux, age 30, returns to Clarens (IV, vi–vii) and visits Claire in Lausanne. Henriette is seven. In the heat of summer they visit the Elysium (IV, xi). Illness of Louis XV (historical date: August 1744). Julie’s eldest son is six (V, iii). Fall. Claire moves into Clarens; St. Preux has been there for about two months (V, v). Julie has been married close to eight years (V, v, 593)! Grape harvest. Winter. Everyone reunited; no one needs to write letters. 1745 Spring. St. Preux and Edward leave for Italy. Claire, age 29 (VI, ii), visits her father in Lausanne a few days after the battle of Fontenoy (historical 629 X_Append.qxd 04 Oct 2007 10:41 AM Page 629 date: May 1745) en route to Geneva. Julie’s Wrst letter to St. Preux after seven years of silence (VI, vii, 674). Summer. St. Preux and Edward expected in late September. But Wrst, Julie has her accident and illness (VI, xi). It is still very hot when she dies. Late fall. St. Preux’s illness; his return is delayed, and winter approaches (VI, xiii). 630 Appendix III X_Append.qxd 04 Oct 2007 10:41 AM Page 630 ...

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