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| Translator’s Preface | Pages v-xii |
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| CHAPTER I |
| Journey to Germany—Imprisonment in Freiburg—Episodes from the past of the Revolutionary movement | 1-11 |
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| CHAPTER II |
| The cause of my arrest—Professor Thun—My defence—Plans of escape—My legal adviser | 12-20 |
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| CHAPTER III |
| Uncertainty—Prison life—The Public Prosecutor—A change of cells | 21-29 |
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| CHAPTER IV |
| The visit of “my wife”—More plans of escape—The Public Prosecutor shows his hand—reparations for a journey | 30-41 |
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| CHAPTER V |
| The journey to Russia—In the cattle-truck—The Frankfort and Berlin prisons—The frontier-station—Through Warsaw to Petersburg | 42-48 |
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| CHAPTER VI |
| The Fortress of Peter and Paul—The Public Prosecutor as compatriot—A hard-hearted doctor—A fleeting acquaintance | 49-57 |
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| CHAPTER VII |
| Changed conditions—A frustrated plan—The minister’s visit—A secret of State—My literary neighbour | 58-66 |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
| Fresh fears—The Colonel of Gendarmerie—Inquiry into the case of General Mezentzev’s murder—Meeting with Bogdanovitch—Departure | 67-72 |
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| CHAPTER IX |
| A ray of hope—An unheard-of rÉgime—The hunger-strike—Our club—A secret ally | 73-82 |
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| CHAPTER X |
| A brave officer—My military service—The trial—Further examinations | 83-93 |
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| CHAPTER XI |
| The visit of the minister—I am turned into a convict—The prison at KiËv | 94-104 |
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| CHAPTER XII |
| New acquaintances—The girl-conspirators of Romny—Arrival in Moscow—Companions in destiny—A liberal-minded governor | 105-114 |
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| CHAPTER XIII |
| The trial of the fourteen—Recollections of Vera Figner—Numerous imprisonments—Agents Provocateurs | 115-122 |
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| CHAPTER XIV |
| A not incorruptible inspector—Broken fetters—Resistance to the shaving process—Visitors in the prison | 123-129 |
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| CHAPTER XV |
| Political condition of Russia and the revolutionary party—Our little society—FÊte days—Prohibited visits—A lecture on manners | 130-137 |
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| CHAPTER XVI |
| Preparations for our travels—The boat journey by the Volga and the Kama—Ekaterinburg—On the troika—“To Europe, to Asia” | 138-147 |
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| CHAPTER XVII |
| In Tiumen—Parting—On the Siberian rivers—A startling proposal | 148-157 |
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| CHAPTER XVIII |
| By way of the convoy-stations—A clumsy officer—The vagabond—A man-hunt | 158-168 |
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| CHAPTER XIX |
| The forest—Unsuccessful attempts at escape—The people we met—The criminal world—The convoy officers | 169-183 |
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| CHAPTER XX |
| From Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk—Misunderstandings and disputes—The women in Irkutsk prison | 184-193 |
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| CHAPTER XXI |
| The chief of police at Irkutsk—Meeting with exiled comrades—From Irkutsk to Kara—Stolen fetters—A dubious kind of Decabrist—Another contest—Arrival at our journey’s end | 194-208 |
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| CHAPTER XXII |
| First days at Kara—Friends old and new | 209-220 |
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| CHAPTER XXIII |
| The organisation of our common life—The “Siriuses”—Wagers | |
