From the Book - [1st ed.].
My childhood and university career
I find friends and become independent
On the difficulties of this narrative
I have a dream, the "dream of two rooms."
Jean-Jacques and I discuss it
Aftermath of the first dream
I accept a musician's hospitality
"Dream of the unconventional party."
I become the lover of Frau Anders
Third dream, "the dream of piercing the roof of a cathedral."
Conversation in the park with a priest
I exchange a rosary for a ball
I spend more time with Jean-Jacques
My mistress and I take a trip to the city of Arabs
We enjoy the city and I abandon her to a merchant
"Dream of an elderly patron."
Professor Bulgaraux acquaints me with the doctrines of the Autogenists
Lucrezia: another friendship
Later news of Frau Anders
On the proper narration of dreams
A visit from an unhappy husband
The good intentions of Monique
Frau Anders returns to claim a new life
Fifth dream, "the dream of the piano lesson."
I tell Jean-Jacques about the chess player
The resurrection of Frau Anders
I build a house for Frau Anders
"The dream of the mirror."
I return to my native city and choose a wife
A fairy-tale and some anecdotes illustrating proper self-love
A visit from Jean-Jacques and an act of violence
Professor Bulgaraux speaks at my wife's funeral
A dream inventory, and a nightmare, "the dream in the arena."
I move into Frau Anders' house
There are many styles of silence
A robbery and other arduous disciplines
Either I leave the house to Frau Anders, or she reappears after twenty years
In the latter case, I am evicted
On the distribution of handicaps
An excerpt from my notebooks
On the difficulties of concluding this narrative.
