# The Revolt of the Angels — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces the d'Esparvieu family history from 1789 to the present, focusing on the family mansion in Paris and its notable members: Alexandre Bussart d'Esparvieu, a statesman and author; his son Fulgence-Ado
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/ii.md): This chapter describes the vast d'Esparvieu library, its origins under Baron Alexandre d'Esparvieu, and the efforts of subsequent generations to maintain and expand it. It introduces the librarian, Monsieur Julien Sariet
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/iii.md): Monsieur Sariette discovers his library in disarray with valuable Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts scattered and damaged. Despite exhaustive inquiries, he finds no explanation and becomes increasingly anxious. He eventuall
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/iv.md): Two months after the mysterious disturbances in the library, Monsieur Sariette, the Catholic archivist, becomes increasingly paranoid, blaming Freemasons and Jews for the thefts. He resolves to spend a night in the libra
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/v.md): In the chapel, Abbé Patouille, Gaétan d'Esparvieu, Maurice, and old Sariette discuss the frescoes by Delacroix, focusing on the depiction of wrathful angels versus guardian angels. Patouille laments the absence of peacef

> 30 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_revolt_of_the_angels_se_848kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Wherein Père Sariette discovers his missing treasures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Angel's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [The Conclave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Wounded Angel and the Skeptical World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolt_of_the_angels_se/chapters/xxxv.md)

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