Introduction by Lionel Trilling 11
From the Author's First Preface 25
BOOK ONE:The formative Years and the Great Discoveries (1856-1900) 29
1 Origins (1856-60) 31
2 Boyhood and Adolescence (1860-73) 44
3 Choice of Profession (1873) 53
4 The Medical Student (1873-81) 59
5 Medical Career (1881-5) 74
6 The cocaine Episode (1884-7) 89
7 Betrothal (1882-6) 108
8 Marriage (1886) 138
9 Personal Life (1880-90) 151
10 The Neurologist (1883-97) 185
11 The Breuer Period (1882-94) 201
12 Early Psychopathology (1890-7) 236
13 The Fliess Period (1887-1902) 249
14 Self-Analysis (1897- ) 276
15 Personal Life (1890-1900) 284
16 The Interpretation of Dream (1895-9) 299
BOOK TWO:The Years of Maturity (1901-19) 309
17 Emergence from Isolation (1901-6) 311
18 The Beginning of International Recognition (1906-9) 324
19 The International Psycho-Analytical Association (1910-14) 350
20 Opposition 380
21 Dissensions 395
22 The 'Committee' 415
23 The War Years 424
24 Mode of Life and Work 448
25 Character and Personality 465
BOOK THREE:The Last Phase (1919-39) 481
26 Reunion (1919-20) 483
27 Disunion (1921-6) 512
28 Progress and Misfortune (1921-5) 539
29 Fame and Suffering (1926-33) 570
30 Last years in Vienna (1934-8) 619
31 London - The End 635
Index 659