Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations and Maps xi
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgements xxi
6. Early Years, 1795–1814
7. 1. Birthplaces 3
8. 2. School 19
9. 3. Bridge 36
10. Guy’s Hospital, 1814–1817
11. 4. Southwark 55
12. 5. Bright and Dark 69
13. 6. ‘J.K., and Other Communications’ 82
14. 7. An Era 97
15. 8. Wild Surmises 108
16. 9. Saturnalia 124
17. 10. Lancet 139
18. The Year of Endymion, 1817
19. 11. Strange Journeys 161
20. 12. Fellowship 173
21. 13. ‘Z’ 183
22. 14. Immortal Dinners 195
23. Roads of the Dead, 1818
24. 15. Dark Passages 219
25. 16. Walking North 235
26. 17. Sleepless Nights 263
27. Conjunctions, 1819
28. 18. ditto, ditto 283
29. 19. Ever Indolent 302
30. 20. Hope and Chance 327
31. Consumption, 1819–1821
32. 21. Repasts 353
33. 22. A Now 365
34. 23. Regions of Poetry 375
35. 24. Eternal Road 384
36. 25. Terminalia 397
37. Abbreviations 400
38. Notes 403
39. Index 429