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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Conscience — Complete](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnczc0bpd24fnjzs4m8f4k7/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261012%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261012T203842Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=116110c34cf6dd07cb58c892c59639425b1099805fcca6d48c08f6e207375dcd) ## About this work Saniel is a physician devoted to his work, yet ambition and hardship have drawn him toward a terrible possibility. Around him, Parisian lives intersect in a web of debt, desire, medical knowledge, and concealed guilt. Phillis offers love and reassurance, but her own fears deepen the strain between them. Florentin, once Caffie’s clerk, finds himself watched, questioned, and drawn into the machinery of justice. As the investigation advances, every conversation carries a hidden danger and every attempt at escape tightens the chain. Malot’s novel follows the pressure exerted by secrets on the mind and on intimate relationships, moving from professional aspiration to criminal suspicion and moral crisis. In its later chapters, medicine, testimony, memory, and hypnotism become instruments in a struggle to uncover what conscience refuses to silence. This complete edition presents a psychologically charged Parisian fiction of suspense, responsibility, and reparation. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside CONSCIENCE By Hector Malot With a Preface by EDOUARD PAILLERON, of the French Academy CONTENTS HECTOR MALOT CONSCIENCE BOOK 1. CHAPTER I. THE REUNION CHAPTER II. THE RICH MAN’S REFUSAL CHAPTER III. A LAST RESORT CHAPTER IV. ’TWIXT THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA CHAPTER V. A CHARMING VISITOR CHAPTER VI. A SWEET CONSOLER CHAPTER VII. A LITTLE DINNER FOR TWO CHAPTER VIII. EXPLANATIONS CHAPTER IX. CAFFIE’S ANSWER CHAPTER X. SANIEL MAKES A RESOLUTION BOOK 2. CHAPTER XI. THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH CHAPTER XII. THE CRUCIAL MOMENT CHAPTER XIII. DISTRACTION CHAPTER XIV. THE EXAMINATION CHAPTER XV. A NEW PLAN CHAPTER XVI. THE SMILES OF FORTUNE CHAPTER XVII. PHILLIS’S FEARS CHAPTER XVIII. A GRAVE DISCUSSION CHAPTER XIX. THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR CHAPTER XX. A TIGHTENING CHAIN CHAPTER XXI. "REGARDING THE CAFFIE AFFAIR” CHAPTER XXII. NOUGAREDE’S BRIDE CHAPTER XXIII. STUNNING NEWS BOOK 3. CHAPTER XXIV. HEDGING CHAPTER XXV. DANGEROUS DETAILS CHAPTER XXVI. A GOOD MEMORY CHAPTER XXVII. A NEW PERIL CHAPTER XXVIII. SANIEL VISITS A BARBER CHAPTER XXIX. A BROKEN NEGATIVE CHAPTER XXX. PHILLIS PRECIPITATES MATTERS CHAPTER XXXI. THE APPOINTMENT CHAPTER XXXII. THE FATAL LIGHT CHAPTER XXXIII. SUSPENSE CHAPTER XXXIV. ON THE RACK CHAPTER XXXV. A SECOND VICTIM BOOK 4. CHAPTER XXXVI. CONSCIENCE ASSERTS ITSELF CHAPTER XXXVII. ATTEMPTED REPARATION CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE IMPORTANT QUESTION CHAPTER XXXIX. CONCESSION TO CONSCIENCE CHAPTER XL. PHILLIS IS SURPRISED CHAPTER XLI. A TROUBLED SOUL CHAPTER XLII. THE POWER OF HYPNOTISM CHAPTER XLIII. THE TERRIBLE REVELATION CHAPTER XLIV. AFTER LONG YEARS HECTOR MALOT HECTOR-HENRI MALOT, the son of a notary public, was born at La Brouille (Seine-Inferieure), March 20, 1830. He studied law, intending to devote himself also to the Notariat, but toward 1853 or 1854 commenced writing for various small journals. Somewhat later he assisted in compiling the ‘Biographie Generale’ of Firmin Didot, and was also… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fconscience-complete) The sample continues in the full work. 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