• Part I. Chapters 1-7. "Childhood and University (1812—1834)". Herzen's life in his father's house. First published in
Polyarnaya Zvezda, 1856, Vol.2. The Supplement, "A. Polezhayev", first appeared in "Jail and Exile. From the Notes of Iskander ("Тюрьма и ссылка. Из записок Искандера"), London, 1854. • Part II. Chapters 8-18. "Imprisonment and Exile (1834—1838)". The court case and deportation. "Imprisonment and Exile. From the Notes of Iskander ("Тюрьма и ссылка. Из записок Искандера"), London, 1854. • Part III. Chapters 19-24. "Vladimir-on-Klyazma (1838—1839)". The story of his relationship with Natalya Zakharyina.
Polyarnaya Zvezda, 1857, Vol.3 • Part IV. "Moscow, Petersburg and Novgorod (1840—1847)". On
zapadnichestvo and
slavyanofilstvo.
Polyarnaya Zvezda: 1855 (Vol.1), 1858 (Vol.4), fragments in 1861 (Vol. 6) and 1862 (Vol. 7, part 2). Two chapters ("N.Kh. Ketcher" and "An 1844 Episode") were published posthumously. • Part V. "Paris, Italy, Paris (1847—1852). Before and After the Revolution". Herzen's first years abroad.
Polyarnaya Zvezda: 1855 (Vols. I, IV), 1859 (Vol. V). What the author called his "most cherished part" of the book, "The Story of a Family Drama" was published posthumously. • Part VI. "England (1852—1864)". On his life in London after his wife's death. Originally published in fragments, in 1859-1869, in
Kolokol and
Polyarnaya Zvezda (n all, 5 chapters have been published in full in Herzen's lifetime). • Part VII. "Russian Emigration". A set of sketches on
Mikhail Bakunin,
Vasily Kelsiyev and
Vladimir Pecherin, among others. Published mostly posthumously ("The Posthumous Collection of A.I. Herzen's Work", Geneva, 1870). • Part VIII. (1865—1868). On Herzen's European journeys.
Polyarnaya Zvezda, 1869, Vol. VIII. (In some editions this is the final part of the book). • Part IX. "Old Letters". Correspondence with
Vissarion Belinsky,
Pyotr Chaadayev,
Timofey Granovsky and others. ==References==