AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR The story of my experiments with truth

 

By

 

M. K. Gandhi

 

 

TRANSLATED FROM THE GUJARATI BY MAHADEV DESAI

 


CONTENTS:

 

Chapter 1 BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. 6

Chapter 2 CHILDHOOD.. 7

Chapter 3 CHILD MARRIAGE. 8

Chapter 4 PLAYING THE HUSBAND.. 11

Chapter 5 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. 12

Chapter 6 A TRAGEDY.. 15

Chapter 7 A TRAGEDY (contd.) 17

Chapter 8 STEALING AND ATONEMENT. 19

Chapter 9 MY FATHER'S DEATH AND MY DOUBLE SHAME. 21

Chapter 10 GLIMPSES OF RELIGION.. 23

Chapter 11 PREPARATION FOR ENGLAND.. 25

Chapter 12 OUTCASTE. 28

Chapter 13 IN LONDON AT LAST. 30

Chapter 14 MY CHOICE. 32

Chapter 15 PLAYING THE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN.. 34

Chapter 16 CHANGES. 36

Chapter 17 EXPERIMENTS IN DIETETICS. 38

Chapter 18 SHYNESS MY SHIELD.. 40

Chapter 19 THE CANKER OF UNTRUTH.. 43

Chapter 20 ACQUAINTANCE WITH RELIGIONS. 45

Chapter 21 NIRBAL KE BAL RAM... 47

Chapter 22 NARAYAN HEMCHANDRA.. 48

Chapter 23 THE GREAT EXHIBITION.. 51

Chapter 24 'CALLED'-BUT THEN ?. 52

Chapter 25 MY HELPLESSNESS. 54

Chapter 26 RAYCHANDBHAI 55

Chapter 27 HOW I BEGAN LIFE. 57

Chapter 28 THE FIRST CASE. 59

Chapter 29 THE FIRST SHOCK.. 62

Chapter 30 PREPARING FOR SOUTH AFRICA.. 64

Chapter 31 ARRIVAL IN NATAL. 65

Chapter 32 SOME EXPERIENCES. 67

Chapter 33 ON THE WAY TO PRETORIA.. 69

Chapter 34 MORE HARDSHIPS. 72

Chapter 35 FIRST DAY IN PRETORIA..