Book 6
3rd Year at Oxford
Chapter 7: Michaelmas term and Christmas vacation1955
7.1: Sex:
finally some consummated relationships
7.2: Activities & authority:
manoeuvring for power
7.3: Parents & siblings:
misconceptions of identity
7.4: Identity: disenchantment,
depression and aggression
Chapter 8: Hilary term and Easter vacation1956
8.1: Sex: a fully fledged affair
8.2: Career, activities &
authority: the pressures mount
8.3: Parents & siblings:
relationships temporarily resolved
8.4: Identity & worship: building
my fort on a quicksand
Chapter 9 Trinity term 1956
9.1: Sex: punctured
self-confidence
9.2: Authority & activities: an
Oxford finale
9.3: Parents & siblings: interim
communications
9.4: Identity: floundering for
self-esteem
Chapter 10: Oxford aftermath
10.1: Sex: down with a bump
10.2: Parents & siblings: a need
for distance
10.3: Authority: experimenting with
domestic staff
10.4: Career & identity: thwarted
ambition, incompatibility and determination to survive