Table of Contents

Title Page
Preface - The World Turned Upside Down

PART I

1 - The Importance of Being Ernest and Some Women of No Importance
2 - Ernest Goes Abroad
3 - All About Eve
4 - With Catherine at Cimbrone

PART II

5 - Excitements, Earthquakes and Elopements
6 - Women in Love
7 - Ultraviolet
8 - Emergency Exits
9 - Looking Round

Epilogue - Time Regained

Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Additional Praise for A Book of Secrets
ALSO BY MICHAEL HOLROYD
About the Author
Afterword - A History of the Books
Postscript
Select Bibliography
Index
Notes
Copyright Page