Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. “Marriages by the Petites affiches”: Advertising Love, Marital Choice, and Commercial Matchmaking in Napoleon’s Paris 14
6. 2. “Strange Destinies”: Chance and Strategies of Self-Fiction under the Napoleonic Police State 45
7. 3. Seeking an Arranged Marriage: Love, Fiction, and the Civil Code in the Imperial Classifieds 78
8. 4. The Matrimonial Lottery: New Gendered Storylines on Courtship and Marriage in the Classifieds 106
9. 5. “The Trailblazing Founder of the Matchmaking Profession”: Charles de Foy 139
10. 6. The Matrimonial Agent in the Courtroom: Framing Marriage as a Commercial Contract 167
11. Conclusion 205
12. Notes 213
13. Bibliography 241
14. Index 263