Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Preface and Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction xiii
6. Chronology xxxvi
7. Editorial Note xliii
8. Further Reading xlv
9. Prelude: Youth, Courtship, Marriage, 1801–1828 1
10. 1 ‘The Dreariest Spot in all the British Dominions’: 1828–1834 7
11. 2 Arrival in Chelsea: 1834–1837 37
12. 3 ‘The Lion’s Wife’: 1838–184 69
13. 4 ‘Alone, Alone in the World’: 1842–1843 103
14. 5 The Onset of Lady Harriet: 1844–1847 143
15. 6 The Widening Circle: 1848–1851 195
16. 7 ‘The New-Modelling of our House’: 1852–1855 245
17. 8 ‘More than One Place at a Time’: 1856–1859 285
18. 9 The Rehabilitation of the Flesh: 1860–1862 325
19. 10 The Accident in Cheapside: 1863–1864 357
20. 11 ‘I Want so Much to Live’: 1865–1866 385
21. Characters and Correspondents 408
22. Index 418