Volume 1: 1. 1812–22. Childhood; 2. 1822–4. Hard experiences in boyhood; 3. 1824–30. School days and start in life; 4. 1831–5. Reporters' gallery and newspaper literature; 5. 1836. First book, and origin of Pickwick; 6. 1837. Writing the Pickwick Papers; 7. 1837 and 1838. Between Pickwick and Nickleby; 8. 1838. Oliver Twist; 9. 1838–9. Nicholas Nickleby; 10. 1838–9. During and after Nickleby; 11. 1839. New literary project; 12. 1840–1. The Old Curiosity Shop; 13. 1840. Devonshire Terrace and Broadstairs; 14. 1841. Barnaby Rudge; 15. 1841. Public dinner in Edinburgh; 16. 1841. Adventures in the Highlands; 17. 1841. Again at Broadstairs; 18. 1841. Eve of the visit to America; 19. 1842. First impressions of America; 20. 1842. Second impressions of America; 21. 1842. Philadelphia, Washington, and the South; 22. 1842. Canal boat journeys: bound Far West; 23. 1842. The Far West: to Niagara Falls; 24. 1842. Niagara and Montreal. Volume 2: 1. 1842. American Notes; 2. 1843. First year of Martin Chuzzlewit; 3. 1843–4. Chuzzlewit disapointments and Christmas Carol; 4. Year of departure for Italy; 5. 1844. Idleness at Albaro: Villa Bagnerello; 6. 1844. Work in Genoa: Palazzo Peschiere; 7. 1844. Italian travel; 8. 1845. Last months in Italy; 9. 1845–6. Again in England; 10. 1846. A home in Switzerland; 11. 1846. Swiss people and scenery; 12. 1846. Sketches chiefly personal; 13. 1846. Literary labour at Lausanne; 14. 1846. Revolution at Geneva, Christmas Book, and last days in Switzerland; 15. 1846–7. Three months in Paris; 16. 1846–8. Dombey and Son; 17. 1847–52. Splendid strolling; 18. 1848–51. Seaside holidays; 19. 1848–50. Haunted Man and Household Words; 20. 1848–51. Last years in Devonshire Terrace. Volume 3: 1. 1850–3. David Copperfield and Bleak House; 2. 1853–5. Home incidents and Hard Times; 3. 1853. Switzerland and Italy revisited; 4. 1853, 1854, and 1856. Three summers at Boulogne; 5. 1855, 1856. Residence in Paris; 6. 1855–7. Little Dorrit, and a lazy tour; 7. 1857–8. What happened at this time; 8. 1856–70. Gadshill Place; 9. 1858–9. First paid readings; 10. 1859–61. All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller; 11. 1861–3. Second series of readings; 12. 1855–65. Hints for books written and unwritten; 13. 1864–7. Third series of readings; 14. 1836–70. Dickens as a novelist; 15. 1867. America revisited. November and December, 1867; 16. 1868. America revisited. January to April, 1868; 17. 1868–70. Last readings; 18. 1869–70. Last book; 19. 1836–70. Personal characteristics; 20. 1869–70. The end; Appendix; Index.
