From the Book - First United States edition.
Introduction and acknowledgements --
Prologue. "The throb of one happy moment" --
The city and the sea, 1840-57 -- Trembling laughter, 1857-59 --
Oscar in Paris and Algiers, 1859-62 --
"Painter on the run," 1867-9 --
La Grenouillere, 1869-70 --
The bridge to Argenteuil, 1871-3 --
"This school of the future," 1873-6 --
A Montgeron, chez Monsieur Hoschede, 1876-8 --
The path to Giverny, 1882-3 --
Home and abroad, 1884-6 --
Betrayal and loyalty, 1886 --
Les demoiselles de Giverny, 1887-91 --
"Now you have happiness," 1891-2 --
Revolution in the cathedral, 1892-7 --
Retreat to the garden, 1897-9 --
Unreal city, 1899-1903 --
The moment of roses, 1904-8 -- Death in Venice, 1908-14 --
"Midnight in full sunshine," 1920-26 --
Epilogue. "The magic mirror" --