PREFATORY NOTE

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xi

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

pp xii-xii

PART I - EARLY LIFE AND ARCHITECTURE

pp 1-2

CHAPTER I - BIRTH AND BOYHOOD, 184O–1855: Aet. 1–I5

pp 3-34

CHAPTER II - STUDENT AND ARCHITECT, 1856–1862: Aet. 16–21

pp 35-45

CHAPTER III - WORK IN LONDON, 1862–1867: Aet. 21–27

pp 46-73

CHAPTER IV - BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE, 1867–1870: Aet. 27–30

pp 74-87

CHAPTER V - ST. JULIOT, 1870: Aet. 29–30

pp 88-106

PART II - NOVELS–TO ILLNESS

pp 107-108

CHAPTER VI - FIRST THREE BOOKS, 1870–1873: Aet. 30–33

pp 109-124

CHAPTER VII - “FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD,” MARRIAGE, AND ANOTHER NOVEL, 1873–1876: Aet. 33–36

pp 125-144

CHAPTER VIII - HOLLAND, THE RHINE, AND STURMINSTER NEWTON, 1876–1878: Aet. 36–37

pp 145-156

CHAPTER IX - LIFE AND LITERATURE IN A LONDON SUBURB, 1878–1880: Aet. 37–39

pp 157-170

CHAPTER X - LONDON, NORMANDY, AND CAMBRIDGE, 1879–1880: Aet. 39–40

pp 171-184

PART III - ILLNESS, NOVELS, AND ITALY

pp 185-186

CHAPTER XI - A DIFFICULT PERIOD; AND A CHANGE, l880–l88l: Aet. 40–41

pp 187-196

CHAPTER XII - WIMBORNE AND “TWO ON A TOWER,” 1882–1883: Aet. 41–43

pp 197-209

CHAPTER XIII - THE COUNTY TOWN, 1883–1885: Aet. 43–45

pp 210-228

CHAPTER XIV - MAX GATE AND “THE WOODLANDERS,” 1885–1887: Aet. 45–46

pp 229-244

CHAPTER XV - ITALIAN JOURNEY, 1887: Aet. 46

pp 245-258

PART IV - BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY

pp 259-260

CHAPTER XVI - LONDON FRIENDS, PARIS, AND SHORT STORIES, 1887–1888; Aet. 47–48

pp 261-278

CHAPTER XVII - MORE TOWN FRIENDS AND A NOVEL'S DISMEMBERMENT, 1888–1889: Aet. 48–49

pp 279-292

CHAPTER XVIII - OBSERVATIONS ON PEOPLE AND THINGS, 189O: Aet. 49–50

pp 293-303

CHAPTER XIX - THE NOVEL “TESS ” RESTORED AND PUBLISHED, 1891: Aet. 5O–51

pp 304-316

INDEX

pp 317-327

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