Table of Chapters

Every Chapter, In Order

Paris, 1540 — Benvenuto Cellini at the court of Francis I, a young apprentice's forbidden love, and a masterpiece cast in bronze, in two books and forty-two chapters.

Book One

I
The Street and the Studio
Chapter I
II
A Goldsmith of the Sixteenth Century
Chapter II
III
Dædalus
Chapter III
IV
Scozzone
Chapter IV
V
Genius and Royalty
Chapter V
VI
To What Use a Duenna May Be Put
Chapter VI
VII
A Lover and a Friend
Chapter VII
VIII
Preparations for Attack and Defence
Chapter VIII
IX
Thrust and Parry
Chapter IX
X
Of the Advantage of Fortified Towns
Chapter X
XI
Owls, Magpies, and Nightingales
Chapter XI
XII
The King's Queen
Chapter XII
XIII
Souvent Femme Varie
Chapter XIII
XIV
Wherein It Is Proven That Sorrow Is the Groundwork of the Life of Man
Chapter XIV
XV
Wherein It Appears That Joy Is Nothing More than Sorrow in Another Form
Chapter XV
XVI
A Court
Chapter XVI
XVII
Love as Passion
Chapter XVII
XVIII
Love as a Dream
Chapter XVIII
XIX
Love as an Idea
Chapter XIX

Book Two

XX
The Trafficker in His Own Honor
Chapter XX
XXI
Four Varieties of Brigands
Chapter XXI
XXII
An Autumn Night's Dream
Chapter XXII
XXIII
Stefana
Chapter XXIII
XXIV
Domiciliary Visits
Chapter XXIV
XXV
Charles the Fifth at Fontainebleau
Chapter XXV
XXVI
The Ghostly Monk
Chapter XXVI
XXVII
What One Sees at Night From the Top of a Poplar
Chapter XXVII
XXVIII
Mars and Venus
Chapter XXVIII
XXIX
The Rivals
Chapter XXIX
XXX
Benvenuto at Bay
Chapter XXX
XXXI
Of the Difficulty Which an Honest Man Experiences in Procuring His Own Committal to Prison
Chapter XXXI
XXXII
In Which Jacques Aubry Rises to Epic Proportions
Chapter XXXII
XXXIII
Of the Difficulty Which an Honest Man Experiences in Securing His Release From Prison
Chapter XXXIII
XXXIV
An Honest Theft
Chapter XXXIV
XXXV
Wherein It Is Proved That a Grisette's Letter, When It Is Burned, Makes as Much Flame and Ashes as a Duchess's
Chapter XXXV
XXXVI
Wherein It Is Proved That True Friendship Is Capable of Carrying Devotion to the Marrying Point
Chapter XXXVI
XXXVII
The Casting
Chapter XXXVII
XXXVIII
Jupiter and Olympus
Chapter XXXVIII
XXXIX
A Prudent Marriage
Chapter XXXIX
XL
Resumption of Hostilities
Chapter XL
XLI
A Love Match
Chapter XLI
XLII
Mariage de Convenance
Chapter XLII