Introduction and acknowledgments
Prologue: "The throb of one happy moment"
Part one: Voyaging out, The city and the sea, 1840-57
Trembling laughter, 1857-9
Oscar in Paris and Algiers, 1859-62
Bazille, 1862-5
Camille, 1865-7
"Painter on the run," 1867-9
La grenouillère, 1869-70
The bridge to Argenteuil, 1871-3
"This school of the future," 1873-6
À Montgeron, chez Monsieur Hoschedé, 1876-8
Pastoral, 1878-9
Alice, 1879-81
Part two: Eyes turned inward. The path to Giverny, 1882-3
Home and abroad, 1884-6
Betrayal and loyalty, 1886
Les demoiselles de Giverny, 1887-91
"Now you have happiness," 1891-2
Revolution in the cathedral, 1892-7
Retreat to the garden, 1897-9
Unreal city, 1899-1903
The moment of roses, 1904-8
Death in Venice, 1908-14
Blue angel, 1914-20
"Midnight in full sunshine," 1920-26
Epilogue: "The magic mirror"
Notes
Select bibliography
List of illustrations
Index.