From the Book - First edition.
Hooks of steel, 1767-1778
A European education, 1778-1783
Slow voyage home, 1783-1787
Most beautiful and beloved, 1787-1794
Remember your characters, 1794-1797
Begin anew the world, 1797-1801
The white worm, 1801-1804
Paradise of fools, 1809-1814
My wandering life, 1814-1817
The terrible sublime, 1817-1821
The Macbeth policy, 1821-1825
No bed of roses, 1825-1829
The uses of adversity, 1829-1833
A suitable sphere of action, 1834-1839
Adhering to the world, 1839-1843
The summit of my ambition, 1844-1848.
