From the Book - First edition.
Preface: Novel possibilities, or all animals aren't pigs?
Introduction: Once upon a time : a short, chaotic, and entirely idiosyncratic history of the novel
Pickup lines and open(ing) seductions or, why novels have first pages
You can't breathe where the air is clear
Never trust a narrator with a speaking part
A still, small voice (or a great, galumphing one)
Men (and women) made out of words, or, My pip ain't like your pip
When very bad people happen to good novels
Wrinkles in time, or Chapters just might matter
Everywhere is just one place
Drowning in the stream of consciousness
The light on Daisy's dock
Source codes and recycle bins
Interlude: Read with your ears
Improbabilities : foundlings and magi, colonels and boy wizards
History in the novel/the novel in history
Conclusion: The never-ending journey.