[ CHAPTER I. SHAKESPEARE'S EARLY ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE: BIRON, ADRIANA, VALENTINE ]

[ CHAPTER II. SHAKESPEARE AS ANTONIO, THE MERCHANT ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE SONNETS: PART I. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. THE SONNETS: PART II. ]

[ CHAPTER V. THE SONNETS: PART III. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST-FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE: BRUTUS ]

[ CHAPTER VII. DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: HAMLET. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. DRAMAS OF REVENGE AND JEALOUSY: PART II “OTHELLO” ]

[ CHAPTER IX. DRAMAS OF LUST: PART I. Troilus and Cressida ]

[ CHAPTER X. DRAMAS OF LUST: PART II. Antony and Cleopatra ]