Birth and upbringing: Zwickau 1810-1828
Leipzig and Wieck: 1828-1829
Decision for Music: 1829-1830
A numbered finger: 1830-1832
Other fears and tremblings: 1832-1833
Ernestine von Fricken: 1834-1835
'No longer a child': 1835
Part III: Marriage and Career
Thin walls in Inselstrasse: 1840-1841
The composer at home: 1842-1843
Illnesses: Dresden 1844-1845
Choral, operatic and financial: 1847-1849
While the daylight lasts: 1852-1853