French Leave
French Leave
Toronto Star Weekly (CA)
(Sep 24, 1955)		 French Leave
John Bull (UK)		 French Leave
(UK book)		 Jenk
1956		 E/O
2013		 French Leave
(US book)		 S&S
1959
[CHAPTER I] 1a Part 1
(Nov 12, 1955)		 [PART ONE] 9a CHAPTER ONE 7 7 1 3
CHAPTER II 2a 10a 9 10 6
CHAPTER III 2c 10b 14 14 11
CHAPTER IV 2d 10b CHAPTER TWO¹ 18 18 2 15
CHAPTER V 3b 11c 26 26 23
CHAPTER VI 4a 11c CHAPTER THREE 27 27 3 25
4b 12b CHAPTER FOUR [1] 32 33 4 [1] 31
CHAPTER VII 4c 13b 2 36 37 2 36
CHAPTER VIII 5a 28a 3 40 42 3 40
CHAPTER IX 5c 28b 4 46 48 4 46
5c 28c 5 48 50 5 48
28c 6¹ 51 53 6 51
5d 28d CHAPTER FIVE [1] 54 55 5 [1] 54
6a 28d 2 56 57 2 56
CHAPTER X 6b 31a 3 61 63 3 62
6d 31d 4 68 70 4 69
CHAPTER XI 7a Part 2
(Nov 19, 1955)		 PART TWO.
A Bribe For A Policeman		 12a CHAPTER SIX [1] 70 72 6 [1] 72
CHAPTER XII 7c 12c 2 77 79 2 79
7d 12c 3 81 84 3 84
CHAPTER XIII 7d 12c 4 86 89 4 89
8a 13b 5 90 93 5 93
CHAPTER XIV 8b 14a 6 92 95 6 95
8d 15a CHAPTER SEVEN [1] 99 102 7 [1] 102
9b 15b 2 101 105 2 105
CHAPTER XV 9c 36a 3 105 109 3 109
9d 36c 4 109 113 4 113
CHAPTER XVI 10b 36d 5 116 120 5 120
10d 41c 6 122 127 6 126
CHAPTER XVII 11a Part 3
(Nov 26, 1955)		 PART THREE.
That Morning-after Feeling		 35a CHAPTER EIGHT [1] 124 129 8 [1] 128
11a 36a 2¹ 128 134 2 133
CHAPTER XVIII 11b 36a 129 134 133
CHAPTER XIX 11c 36a 3 131 136 3 135
CHAPTER XX 12a 44a CHAPTER NINE [1] 138 144 9 [1] 143
CHAPTER XXI 12b 44b 2¹ 143 149 2 148
12d 44c 3 148 154 3 153
CHAPTER XXII 13a 46b 153 160 159
13a 46b 4 154 161 4 160
13b 48a CHAPTER TEN [1] 158 164 10 [1] 164
13c 48b 2 162 169 2 169
CHAPTER XXIII 14a Part 4
(Dec 3, 1955)		 FINAL INSTALMENT.
The Police Chief Calls		 28a 3 168 175 3 175
14b 28c 4 172 179 4 179
14d 31a CHAPTER ELEVEN [1] 181 188 11 [1] 187
14d 31c 2 185 192 2 192
CHAPTER XXIV 15a 31c 3 188 196 3 195
CHAPTER XXV 15b 34b CHAPTER TWELVE 196 203 12 203
¹ These sections present major changes between TSW and the book versions, mostly related to Julie Buffard and her Renoir pastel portrait.
Jenk 1956: Herbert Jenkins 1956. Reproduced in Barrie and Jenkins 1974 with a new preface by the author, and Penguin 1982 (same preface).
E/O 2013: Everyman (UK) / Overlook (US) 2013.
S&S 1959: Simon & Schuster (US) 1959.
Page and section numbers and chapter titles in [brackets] are not printed in the book or magazine.
For magazines, letters a-d following a page number indicate first through fourth column on the page.

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