Contents

pp vii-x

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

pp xi-xii

PART I - TESS, JUDE, AND THE END OF PROSE

pp 1-2

CHAPTER I - THE RECEPTION OF THE BOOK, 1892: Aet. 51–52

pp 3-14

CHAPTER II - VISITS AND INTERMITTENT WRITING, 1893: Aet. 52–53

pp 15-27

CHAPTER III - ANOTHER NOVEL FINISHED, MUTILATED, AND RESTORED, 1894–1895: Aet. 53–55

pp 28-45

CHAPTER IV - MORE ON “JUDE”, AND ISSUE OF “THE WELL-BELOVED”, 1896–1897: Aet. 55–57

pp 46-62

PART II - VERSE, TO THE END OF “THE DYNASTS”

pp 63-64

CHAPTER V - COLLECTING OLD POEMS AND MAKING NEW, 1897-1898: Aet. 57–58

pp 65-75

CHAPTER VI - “WESSEX POEMS” AND OTHERS, 1899–19OO: Aet. 58–60

pp 76-87

CHAPTER VII - “POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT”, AND OTHERS, 1901–1903: Aet. 60–63

pp 88-102

CHAPTER VIII - PART FIRST OF “THE DYNASTS”, I904–I905: Aet: 63–65

pp 103-116

CHAPTER IX - THE REMAINDER OF “THE DYNASTS”, I906–I908: Aet. 65–67

pp 117-128

PART III - “TIME'S LAUGHINGSTOCKS”, “SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE”, AND “MOMENTS OF VISION”

pp 129-130

CHAPTER X - DEATHS OF SWINBURNE AND MEREDITH, I908-I909: Aet. 67–69

pp 131-140

CHAPTER XI - THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH, 19IO: Aet. 69–70

pp 141-147

CHAPTER XII - BEREAVEMENT, I911–1912: Aet. 70–72

pp 148-155

CHAPTER XIII - REVISITINGS, SECOND MARRIAGE, AND WAR WRITINGS, I913–1914: Aet. 72–74

pp 156-166

CHAPTER XIV - WAR EFFORTS, DEATHS OF RELATIVES, AND “MOMENTS OF VISION”, 1915–1917: Aet

pp 167-180

PART IV - LIFE'S DECLINE

pp 181-182

CHAPTER XV - REFLECTIONS ON POETRY, 1918: Aet. 77–78

pp 183-188

CHAPTER XVI - POETICAL QUESTIONS: AND MELLSTOCK CLUB-ROOM, 1918-1919: Aet. 78–79

pp 189-200

CHAPTER XVII - “THE DYNASTS” AT OXFORD; HON. DEGREE; A DEPUTATION; A CONTROVERSY, 1920: Aet. 79–80

pp 201-220

CHAPTER XVIII - SOME FAREWELLS, 1921-1925: Aet. 80–85

pp 221-245

CHAPTER XIX - THE LAST SCENE

pp 246-266

APPENDIX I

pp 267-268

APPENDIX II

pp 269-273

APPENDIX III

pp 274-276

INDEX

pp 277-286