Preface Part I: 1889-19231. First years 2. Ascending Curves 3. Taking Off 4. Climax 5. Strange Seas of Thought 6. ‘The Athenaeum’ 7. Death in Life Part II: 1923-1931 8. Rebirth 9. Journalist at Sea 10. Abbotsbury Harvest 11. Inhuman? 12. Resurrection 13. Son of Woman 14. Break-up Part III: 1931-1939 15. Revival 16. Socialist at Sea 17. Larling Harvest 18. All- Too- Human 19. Renovation 20. Son of Man 21. Break-Down Part IV: 1939-1957 22. Life in Death 23. ‘Peace News’ 24. Home is the Sailor 25. Anticlimax 26. Rounding off 27. Declining Curve 28. Last Years The Works of John Middleton Murry References Index