| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| [I.] | Ancestors, Parents, and Hereditary Influences | [1] |
| [II.] | Childhood and Schooldays at Aberdeen, Dulwich, and Harrow | [10] |
| [III.] | A Schoolboy’s Love Affairs—Mary Duff, Margaret Parker, and Mary Chaworth | [23] |
| [IV.] | Life at Cambridge and Flirtations at Southwell | [35] |
| [V.] | Revelry at Newstead—“English Bards and Scotch Reviewers” | [50] |
| [VI.] | The Grand Tour—Flirtations in Spain | [63] |
| [VII.] | Florence Spencer Smith | [75] |
| [VIII.] | The Maid of Athens—Mrs. Werry—Mrs. Pedley—The Swimming of the Hellespont | [87] |
| [IX.] | Return to England—Publication of “Childe Harold” | [101] |
| [X.] | The Secret Orchard | [114] |
| [XI.] | Lady Caroline Lamb | [127] |
| [XII.] | The Quarrel with Lady Caroline—Her Character and Subsequent Career | [138] |
| [XIII.] | Lady Oxford—Byron’s Intention of going Abroad with Her | [148] |
| [XIV.] | An Emotional Crisis—Thoughts of Marriage, of Foreign Travel, and of Mary Chaworth | [158] |
| [XV.] | Renewal and Interruption of Relations with Mary Chaworth | [170] |
| [XVI.] | Marriage | [182] |
| [XVII.] | Incompatibility of Temper | [194] |
| [XVIII.] | Lady Byron’s Demand for a Separation—Rumours that “Gross Charges” might be brought, involving Mrs. Leigh | [208] |
| [XIX.] | “Gross Charges” Disavowed by Lady Byron—Separation agreed to | [221] |
| [XX.] | Revival of the Byron Scandal by Mrs. Beecher Stowe and the late Lord Lovelace | [231] |
| [XXI.] | Inherent Improbability of the Charges against Augusta Leigh—The Allegation that she “Confessed”—The
Proof that she did nothing of the kind | [240] |
| [XXII.] | Byron’s Departure for the Continent—His Acquaintance with Jane Clairmont | [253] |
| [XXIII.] | Life at Geneva—The Affair with Jane Clairmont | [264] |
| [XXIV.] | From Geneva to Venice—The Affair with the Draper’s Wife | [277] |
| [XXV.] | At Venice—The Affair with the Baker’s Wife—Dissolute Proceedings in the Mocenigo Palace—Illness, Recovery and Reformation | [287] |
| [XXVI.] | In the Venetian Salons—Introduction to Countess Guiccioli | [300] |
| [XXVII.] | Byron’s Relations with the Countess Guiccioli and her Husband at Ravenna | [312] |
| [XXVIII.] | Revolutionary Activities—Removal From Ravenna to Pisa | [324] |
| [XXIX.] | The Trivial Round at Pisa | [336] |
| [XXX.] | From Pisa to Genoa | [345] |
| [XXXI.] | Departure for Greece | [356] |
| [XXXII.] | Death in a Great Cause | [369] |
| | Appendix | [375] |
| | Index | [377] |