Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Notes on this Translation xi
6. Introduction “He could not breathe without her” 1
7. Chapter One “I have become her despot” From Love to Marriage 12
8. Chapter Two “Deprived of incipient motherhood” Riga, London, Paris, 1836–42 38
9. Chapter Three “Home for me is you alone” Dresden 1842–47 70
10. Chapter Four “My knucklehead of a husband” Revolution and Its Aftermath, 1848–50 99
11. Chapter Five “This ridiculous, amorous intrigue” The Jessie Laussot Affair, 1850–51 127
12. Chapter Six “That good, foolish man …” Exile in Zurich, 1852–54 155
13. Chapter Seven “I’m a poor, stupid woman to have let you go …” Zurich and London, 1854–56 186
14. Chapter Eight “Alas, now all our happiness is gone …” The Wesendonck Scandal, 1857–58 212
15. Chapter Nine. The Bitter End, 1858–59 246
16. Chapter Ten “In love and fidelity, your Emma” 272
17. Chapter Eleven “Neither wife, housekeeper, nor friend” Dresden, Paris, Biebrich, 1860–62 289
18. Chapter Twelve “That weak, blind man …” The End of a Marriage, 1863–66 318
19. References 347
20. Index 353