My Past and Thoughts

Structure and publication

• Part I. Chapters 1-7. "Childhood and University ". Hertzen'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, London, 1854.
• Part II. Chapters 8-18. "Imprisonment and Exile ". The court case and deportation. "Imprisonment and Exile. From the Notes of Iskander, London, 1854.
• Part III. Chapters 19-24. "Vladimir-on-Klyazma ". The story of his relationship with Natalya Zakharyina. Polyarnaya Zvezda, 1857, Vol.3
• Part IV. "Moscow, Petersburg and Novgorod ". On zapadnichestvo and slavyanofilstvo. Polyarnaya Zvezda: 1855, 1858, fragments in 1861 and 1862. Two chapters were published posthumously.
• Part V. "Paris, Italy, Paris. Before and After the Revolution". Hertzen's first years abroad. Polyarnaya Zvezda: 1855, 1859. What the author called his "most cherished part" of the book, "The Story of a Family Drama" was published posthumously.
• Part VI. "England ". On his life in London after his wife's death. Originally published in fragments, in 1859-1869, in Kolokol and Polyarnaya Zvezda.
• Part VII. "Russian Emigration". A set of sketches on Mikhail Bakunin, Vasily Kelsiyev and Vladimir Pecherin, among others. Published mostly posthumously.
• Part VIII.. On Hertzen's European journeys. Polyarnaya Zvezda, 1869, Vol. VIII..
• Part IX. "Old Letters". Correspondence with Vissarion Belinsky, Pyotr Chaadayev, Timofey Granovsky and others.