- 1Epigraph — Note
- 2Epigraph — The Autobiographer’s Introduction
- 3Note to the Present Edition (1852)
- 4Book I
- 5Chapter II — A Family Consultation — A Priest, and an Era in Life
- 6Chapter III — A Change in Conduct and in Character…
- 7Chapter IV — A Contest of Art and a League of Friendship — Two Char…
- 8Chapter V — Rural Hospitality — An Extraordinary Guest — A Fin$ Gen…
- 9Chapter VI — A Dialogue, Which Might Be Dull If It Were Longer
- 10Chapter VII — A Change of Prospects — A New Insight Into the Charac…
- 11Chapter VIII — First Love
- 12Chapter IX — A Discovery and a Departure
- 13Chapter X — A Very Short Chapter — Containing a Valet
- 14Chapter XI — The Hero Acquits Himself Honourably as a Coxcomb…
- 15Chapter XII — The Abbe’s Return — A Sword, and a Soliloquy
- 16Chapter XIII — A Mysterious Letter — A Duel — The Departure of One…
- 17Chapter XIV — Being a Chapter of Trifles
- 18Chapter XV — The Mother and Son — Virtue Should Be the Sovereign of…
- 19Book II
- 20Chapter II — Gay Scenes and Conversations — The New Exchange and th…
- 21Chapter III — More Lions
- 22Chapter IV — An Intellectual Adventure
- 23Chapter V — The Beau in His den, and a Philosopher Discovered
- 24Chapter VI — A Universal Genius — Pericles Turned Barber — Names of…
- 25Chapter VII — A Dialogue of Sentiment Succeeded by the Sketch of a…
- 26Chapter VIII — Lightly Won, Lightly Lost — A Dialogue of Equal Inst…
- 27Chapter IX — A Development of Character, and a Long Letter; a Chapt…
- 28Chapter X — Being a Short Chapter, Containing a Most Important Event
- 29Chapter XI — Containing More Than Any Other Chapter in the Second B…
- 30Book III
- 31Chapter II — Love; Parting…
- 32Chapter III — A Great Change of Prospects
- 33Chapter IV — An Episode — The Son of the Greatest Man Who (One Only…
- 34Chapter V — In Which the Hero Shows Decision on More Points Than On…
- 35Chapter VI — An Unexpected Meeting — Conjecture and Anticipation
- 36Chapter VII — The Events of a Single Night — Moments Make the Hues…
- 37Book IV
- 38Chapter II — Ambitious Projects
- 39Chapter III — The Real Actors Spectators to the False Ones
- 40Chapter IV — Paris — A Female Politician and an Ecclesiastical One…
- 41Chapter V — A Meeting of Wits — Conversation Gone Out to Supper in…
- 42Chapter VI — A Court, Courtiers, and a King
- 43Chapter VII — Reflections…
- 44Chapter VIII — In Which There Is Reason to Fear That Princes Are No…
- 45Chapter IX — A Prince, an Audience, and a Secret Embassy
- 46Chapter X — Royal Exertions for the Good of the People
- 47Chapter XI — An Interview
- 48Book V
- 49Chapter II — The Entrance Into Petersburg — A Rencontre With an Inq…
- 50Chapter III — The Czar — The Czarina — A Feast at a Russian Nobleman’s
- 51Chapter IV — Conversations With the Czar…
- 52Chapter V — Return to Paris…
- 53Chapter VI — A Long Interval of Years — A Change of Mind and Its Ca…
- 54Book VI
- 55Chapter II — The Victory
- 56Chapter III — The Hermit of the Well
- 57Chapter IV — The Solution of Many Mysteries — A Dark View of the Li…
- 58Chapter V — In Which the History Makes a Great Stride Towards the F…
- 59Chapter VI — The Retreat of a Celebrated Man, and a Visit to a Grea…
- 60Chapter VII — The Plot Approaches Its Denouement
- 61Chapter VIII — The Catastrophe
- 62Conclusion
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