Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Translator’s Note ix
4. Chamber Music 1
5. The King’s Bedroom 14
6. Rooms for Sleeping 33
7. A Room of One’s Own 57
8. The Children’s Room 90
9. The Women’s Room 112
10. Hotel Rooms 148
11. Workers’ Rooms 177
12. Sickbeds and Deathbeds 212
13. No Exit 249
14. Fugitive Bedrooms 291
15. “Going Outside . . .” 301
16. Notes 305
17. Acknowledgments 357
18. Index 359