Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xi
4. Guide to This Edition xxxix
5. Timeline xliii
6. Preface to the 1860 Edition 1
7. Part One Childhood and University(1812–1834)
8. §1 Birth into History: La Grande Armée Arrives in Moscow 11
9. §2 Loyalty and Patriotism 21
10. §3 Calot 23
11. §4 The Uncles 25
12. §5 Childhood and Social Order 32
13. §6 Religious Education and Practice 35
14. §7 Decembrist Revolt 37
15. §8 Nick and Sparrow Hills: Friendship and a Shared Cause 41
16. §9 Ivan Yakovlev and the Circle of Superfluous Men 45
17. §10 University 47
18. §11 Early Adulthood 49
19. §12 Political Disillusion 52
20. Part Two Prison and Exile(1834–1838)
21. §13 Ogaryov’s Arrest 57
22. §14 Herzen’s Arrest 59
23. §15 Police Station and Initial Questioning 62
24. §16 Krutitsky Barracks 66
25. §17 Interrogation and Sentencing 68
26. §18 Perm 78
27. §19 The Bureaucracy 84
28. §20 Provincial Governance 89
29. §21 Vitberg 94
30. §22 The Heir’s Visit 96
31. §23 Arrival in Vladimir 101
32. Part Three Vladimir on the Klyazma River(1838–1839)
33. Introduction 107
34. §24 The Princess and Her Aunt 109
35. §25 The Orphan 113
36. §26 Living Apart 121
37. §27 Moscow in My Absence 124
38. §28 The Third of March and the Ninth of May 1838 133
39. §29 June 13, 1839 148
40. §30 Correspondence 150
41. Part Four Moscow, Petersburg, Novgorod(1840–1847)
42. §31 From Vladimir to Moscow 159
43. §32 Pavlov 160
44. §33 Stankevich and Study of Hegel 162
45. §34 Philosophical Language 165
46. §35 Theory and Practice 167
47. §36 “Reconciliation with Reality” 169
48. §37 St. Petersburg 171
49. §38 Belinsky 173
50. §39 The Magistr 175
51. §40 Alienation, Protest, and National Spirit 178
52. §41 Dedicated Literati 182
53. §42 Petersburg 184
54. §43 The Old Guard 185
55. §44 Notes from Natalie 189
56. §45 Personalities East and West 192
57. §46 Granovsky 195
58. §47 Friendship and Convictions 198
59. §48 Not “Our People” 202
60. §49 Chaadayev 206
61. §50 The Sphinx 209
62. §51 The Last Trip to Sokolovo 214
63. §52 A Passport, at Last 216
64. §53 Nikolai Ketcher (1842–1847) 219
65. Part Five Paris–Italy–Paris(1847–1852)
66. Introduction 224
67. Outside (Before the Revolution and After)
68. §54 The Journey 225
69. §55 The Honeymoon of the Republic 228
70. §56 A Dream 231
71. §57 Into the Storm 234
72. §58 Departure from Paris 239
73. §59 Mazzini, Garibaldi, Saffi 245
74. §60 Exiles in Switzerland 251
75. §61 Il Pianto 258
76. §62 Post Scriptum 261
77. §63 Rothschild versus Romanov 265
78. §64 1850–1851 273
79. §65 Proudhon 283
80. §66 Relationships 289
81. §67 Vive la mort 294
82. Inside (A Family Drama)
83. §68 From Natalie’s Diary and Letters 297
84. §69 Signs 304
85. §69 Signs 308
86. §71 Herwegh 310
87. §72 Swirling³⁵⁷ of the Heart³⁵⁸ 316
88. §73 One More Year (1851) 320
89. §74 Gossip and Lies 324
90. §75 Reunion and Recovery 327
91. §76 “Oceano nox” 331
92. §77 The Challenge (1852) 337
93. §78 Natalie’s Final Days 343
94. Appendix
95. §79 Haug 350
96. §80 Teddington 354
97. Russian Shadows
98. §81 N. I. Sazonov 357
99. §82 The Engelsons 364
100. Part Six England(1852–1864)
101. §83 London Fog 369
102. §84 John Stuart Mill and His Book On Liberty 373
103. §85 Robert Owen 377
104. Part Seven The Free Russian Press and The Bell
105. §86 Apogee and Perigee 389
106. §87 The Young Emigration 393
107. §88 Mikhail Bakunin and the Polish Cause 395
108. Part Eight “Fragments” and Supplement
109. §89 In Absence of Any Attachments 401
110. §90 “Venezia la bella” 404
111. §91 Alpendrücken 406
112. §92 After the Attack 407
113. Addendum Final Years
114. “To an Old Comrade” 411
115. From Herzen’s Diary 414
116. From Herzen’s Letters to Ogaryov 415
117. General Index 423
118. Index of Names 431