| Introduction | |
| Part 1 | Sieur Clubin | |
| Book 1 | What a Bad Reputation Is Composed Of | |
| I | A Word Written on a Blank Page | 1 |
| II | The Bu de la Rue | 3 |
| III | "For Your Wife, When You Marry" | 6 |
| IV | Unpopularity | 9 |
| V | Other Suspicious Things About Gilliatt | 16 |
| VI | The Paunch | 18 |
| VII | For a Haunted House, a Visionary Inhabitant | 22 |
| VIII | The Chair Gild-Holm-'Ur | 24 |
| Book 2 | Mess Lethierry | |
| I | A Restless Life and a Quiet Conscience | 27 |
| II | A Taste Which He Had | 29 |
| III | The Ancient Dialect of the Sea | 30 |
| IV | One is Vulnerable Through What One Loves | 32 |
| Book 3 | Durande and Deruchette | |
| I | Chatter and Smoke | 35 |
| II | The Eternal Story of Utopia | 37 |
| III | Rantaine | 39 |
| IV | Continuation of the Story of Utopia | 42 |
| V | The Devil Boat | 43 |
| VI | Entrance of Lethierry into Glory | 47 |
| VII | The Same Godfather and the Same Protectress | 49 |
| VIII | "Bonny Dundee" | 51 |
| IX | The Man Who Had Seen Through Rantaine | 53 |
| X | Tales of Long Voyages | 54 |
| XI | A Glance at Possible Husbands | 57 |
| XII | An Exception in the Character of Lethierry | 58 |
| XIII | Heedlessness Adds New Grace to Beauty | 61 |
| Book 4 | The Bagpipe | |
| I | The First Red Gleams of Dawn, or a Conflagration | 63 |
| II | An Entrance, Step by Step, Into the Unknown | 65 |
| III | The Air "Bonny Dundee" Finds an Echo on the Hill | 67 |
| IV | Pour l'oncle et le tuteur, bonshommes taciturnes, Les serenades sont des tapages nocturnes | 68 |
| V | Well-Merited Success is Always Hated | 70 |
| VI | The Luck of a Shipwrecked Crew in Meeting a Sloop | 71 |
| VII | The Luck of an Idler in Being Seen by a Fisherman | 73 |
| Book 5 | The Revolver | |
| I | The Conversations at the Jean Tavern | 77 |
| II | Clubin Perceives Someone | 82 |
| III | Clubin Carries Away and Does Not Bring Back | 85 |
| IV | Plainmont | 87 |
| V | The Bird-Nesters | 92 |
| VI | La Jacressarde | 101 |
| VII | Nocturnal Purchases and a Shady Vendor | 106 |
| VIII | The Red Ball and the Black Ball Carom | 109 |
| IX | Information Useful to Persons Who Await or Who Fear Letters from Across the Sea | 117 |
| Book 6 | The Drunken Helmsman and the Sober Captain | |
| I | The Douvres Rocks | 123 |
| II | Unexpected Brandy | 125 |
| III | Interrupted Conversations | 128 |
| IV | In Which Captain Clubin Displays All His Qualities | 135 |
| V | Clubin Puts the Finishing Touch to Admiration | 140 |
| VI | The Interior of an Abyss Illuminated | 144 |
| VII | The Unexpected Intervenes | 150 |
| Book 7 | The Imprudence of Asking Questions of a Book | |
| I | The Pearl at the Bottom of the Precipice | 155 |
| II | Much Astonishment on the Western Coast | 161 |
| III | Tempt Not the Bible | 165 |
| Part 2 | Gilliatt the Crafty | |
| Book 1 | The Reef | |
| I | The Place Which Is Hard to Reach and Difficult to Leave | 173 |
| II | The Thoroughness of the Disaster | 177 |
| III | Sound, But Not Safe | 180 |
| IV | A Preliminary Examination | 181 |
| V | A Word as to the Secret Cooperations of the Elements | 184 |
| VI | A Stable for the Horse | 187 |
| VII | A Room for the Traveler | 189 |
| VIII | Importunaeque Volucres | 196 |
| IX | The Reef and How To Use It | 198 |
| X | The Forge | 201 |
| XI | A Discovery | 204 |
| XII | The Interior of a Submarine Edifice | 207 |
| XIII | What One Sees There, and What One Gets a Glimpse Of | 209 |
| Book 2 | The Labor | |
| I | The Resources of One Who Lacks Everything | 215 |
| II | How Shakespeare and Aeschylus Can Meet | 217 |
| III | Gilliatt's Masterpiece Comes to the Aid of Lethierry's Masterpiece | 219 |
| IV | Sub Re | 222 |
| V | Sub Umbra | 227 |
| VI | Gilliatt Brings the Paunch into Position | 231 |
| VII | A Danger at Once | 234 |
| VIII | Change Rather Than Conclusion | 236 |
| IX | Success Snatched Away as Soon as Granted | 239 |
| X | The Warnings of the Sea | 241 |
| XI | A Word to the Wise is Sufficient | 244 |
| Book 3 | The Battle | |
| I | Extremes Meet | 247 |
| II | Sea Breezes | 248 |
| III | Explanation of the Noise to Which Gilliatt Listened | 251 |
| IV | Turba, Turma | 254 |
| V | Gilliatt Has His Choice | 256 |
| VI | The Combat | 257 |
| Book 4 | The False Bottoms | |
| I | A Man Who is Hungry is Not the Only Hungry One | 275 |
| II | The Monster | 279 |
| III | Another Form of Combat in the Gulf | 285 |
| IV | Nothing is Hidden and Nothing is Lost | 288 |
| V | In the Interval That Separates Six Inches from Two Feet There is Room to Lodge Death | 291 |
| VI | De Profundis ad Altum | 294 |
| VII | There is an Ear in the Unknown | 300 |
| Part 3 | Deruchette | |
| Book 1 | Night and Moon | |
| I | The Bell of the Port | 303 |
| II | Again the Port Bell | 315 |
| Book 2 | Gratitude in Full Despotism | |
| I | Joy Surrounded by Anguish | 323 |
| II | The Leather Trunk | 330 |
| Book 3 | Departure of the Cashmere | |
| I | The Havelet Quite Close to the Church | 333 |
| II | Despairs in Presence of Each Other | 335 |
| III | The Foresight of Abnegation | 342 |
| IV | "For Your Wife, When You Marry" | 346 |
| V | The Great Tomb | 349 |
| Afterword | |
Format: Hardcover, 370 pages
