List of Illustrations
xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface: The World Turned Upside Down i
Part I
1 The Importance of Being Ernest and Some Women of No Importance
7(42)
2 Ernest Goes Abroad
49(20)
3 All About Eve
69(28)
4 With Catherine at Cimbrone
97(28)
Part II
5 Excitements, Earthquakes and Elopements
125(16)
6 Women in Love
141(34)
7 Ultraviolet
175(16)
8 Emergency Exits
191(28)
9 Looking Round
219(10)
Epilogue: Time Regained 229(4)
Afterword: A History of the Books 233(9)
Family Trees 242(3)
Select Bibliography 245(6)
Index 251