CHAPTER I

THE MAN

I. CHILDHOOD 24

II. THE APEL CORRESPONDENCE 26

III. DISLIKE OF CRITICS 28

IV. ASPERITIES OF TEMPER 33

V. MINNA AND THE WAGNERIANS: THE CASE OF FIPS 36

VI. WAGNER AND MINNA 42

VII. THE JESSIE LAUSSOT EPISODE 45

VIII. IN LOVE WITH MINNA 57

IX. AFTER MARRIAGE 67

X. THE MATHILDE WESENDONCK AFFAIR 84

XI. HIS DUAL NATURE 100

XII. LATER LOVES 106

XIII. COSIMA VON BÜLOW 114

XIV. CONTRARIETIES OF CHARACTER: LOVE OF LUXURY 120

XV. EGOISM IN FRIENDSHIP 128

XVI. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 137