Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: between Eden and fleet xv
5. Chapter 1 The Temple 1
6. Chapter 2 Christ’s Hospital 23
7. Chapter 3 East India 40
8. Chapter 4 Salutation and Cat 65
9. Chapter 5 Day of Horrors 79
10. Chapter 6 Unitarian 90
11. Chapter 7 Mention Nothing of Poetry 94
12. Chapter 8 Divine Chit-Chat 102
13. Chapter 9 Nether Stowey 108
14. Chapter 10 Blank Verse 115
15. Chapter 11 Pentonville 124
16. Chapter 12 Frog and Toad 129
17. Chapter 13 Quakers 138
18. Chapter 14 George Dyer 145
19. Chapter 15 Manning 152
20. Chapter 16 Godwin 165
21. Chapter 17 Anatomy of Melancholy 170
22. Chapter 18 Southampton Buildings 177
23. Chapter 19 Flâneur 193
24. Chapter 20 Journalism 199
25. Chapter 21 Bartholomew Fair 211
26. Chapter 22 Mary’s Letters 214
27. Chapter 23 Long and Rueful Faces 219
28. Chapter 24 Puns 223
29. Chapter 25 Sweeps and Beggars 240
30. Chapter 26 Shipwreck 247
31. Chapter 27 Hogsflesh 252
32. Chapter 28 Tales from Shakespear 257
33. Chapter 29 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets 265
34. Chapter 30 Mrs. Leicester’s School 278
35. Chapter 31 No. 4 Inner Temple Lane 281
36. Chapter 32 The Reflector 299
37. Chapter 33 Mania 310
38. Chapter 34 The Melancholy of Tailors 324
39. Chapter 35 Which Is the Gentleman We Are Going to Lose? 331
40. Chapter 36 Works 342
41. Chapter 37 Fanny 349
42. Chapter 38 The London Magazine 357
43. Chapter 39 Elia Say 363
44. Chapter 40 Magazines Increase and Multiply 367
45. Chapter 41 Emma 381
46. Chapter 42 Imperfect Sympathies 388
47. Chapter 43 Paris 398
48. Chapter 44 Colebrook 401
49. Chapter 45 Retirement 411
50. Chapter 46 Enfield 419
51. Chapter 47 Three Portraits 422
52. Chapter 48 Album Verses 429
53. Chapter 49 “Am” to “Have” 434
54. Chapter 50 His Great and Dear Spirit Haunts Me 439
55. Chapter 51 A Swallow Flying 447
56. Notes 453
57. Bibliography 477
58. Acknowledgments 493
59. Index 497