Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Translation and Revised Edition xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. An Unsettled Childhood 1862–72 3
6. Chapter Two. Failure of a Pianist 1872–79 13
7. Chapter Three. Birth of a Composer 1880–82 28
8. Chapter Four. The Path to the Prix de Rome 1882–84 42
9. Chapter Five. The Villa Medici 1885–87 58
10. Chapter Six. Beginning of the Bohemian Period 1887–89 71
11. Chapter Seven. From Baudelaire to Mallarmé 1890–91 85
12. Chapter Eight. Esotericism and Symbolism 1892 99
13. Chapter Nine. The Chausson Year 1893 107
14. Chapter Ten. A “Fairy Tale” Gone Awry 1894 118
15. Chapter Eleven. Pierre Louÿs; The Lean Years 1895–96 130
16. Chapter Twelve. Pelléas—The Long Wait 1895–98 140
17. Chapter Thirteen. From Bachelorhood to Marriage 1897–99 150
18. Chapter Fourteen. Nocturnes 1900–1901 162
19. Chapter Fifteen. The Composer as Critic 1901–3 170
20. Chapter Sixteen. Pelléas et Mélisande 1902 179
21. Chapter Seventeen. From the Fêtes galantes to La mer 1903 195
22. Chapter Eighteen. Debussyism; A New Life 1904 207
23. Chapter Nineteen. La mer 1905 221
24. Chapter Twenty. Projects and Skirmishes 1906–7 230
25. Chapter Twenty-One. Orchestra Conductor 1908 241
26. Chapter Twenty-Two “The Procrastination Syndrome” 1909 250
27. Chapter Twenty-Three. Orchestral Images and Piano Préludes 1910 260
28. Chapter Twenty-Four. Le martyre de saint Sébastien 1911 273
29. Chapter Twenty-Five. The Year of the Ballets 1912 284
30. Chapter Twenty-Six: Jeux; Travel to Russia 1913 294
31. Chapter Twenty-Seven. The Final Trips 1914 309
32. Chapter Twenty-Eight. The War; Pourville 1914–15 319
33. Chapter Twenty-Nine “The Factories of Nothingness” 1916–18 327
34. Notes 341
35. Index of Works 507
36. Subject Index 511