"The study of human nature, 'the observation of the human heart and its passions, ' was his constant preoccupation. But where could he study the passions better than in himself?chapters of the book-Father and Son - The Struggle for Freedom - Alone in Paris - First Voyage to Italy - The Apprentice Bard - Mélanie Or the Search for Love - The End of Innocence - Ambition and the Countess - Return to Trance - The Wit of Paris - Armance - The Red and the Black - The Consul - Secret Writings - The Eternal Tourist - The Charterhouse of Parma Gina The Italian Interlude - The Retreat from Moscow - Escape to Italy - The Italian years Happiness Through Art - Metilda Or the Anatomy of Love - The Difficult Passage - The Stendhal Revival