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The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud (trans. A. A. Brill)
Dreams as the royal road to the unconscious — Freud's foundational work.

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The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund Freud (trans. A. A. Brill) · Chapter I: The Scientific Literature on the Problems of the Dream
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I THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE DREAM[D] In the following pages I shall prove that there exists a psychological technique by which dreams may be interpreted, and that upon the application of this method every dream will show itself to be a…

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter — Prefaces and ContentsContents
  2. Chapter I: The Scientific Literature on the Problems of the DreamFree
  3. Chapter II: Method of Dream Interpretation: The Analysis of a Sample DreamFree
  4. Chapter III: The Dream Is the Fulfilment of a WishFree
  5. Chapter IV: Distortion in DreamsFree
  6. Chapter V: The Material and Sources of DreamsFree
  7. Chapter VI: The Dream-WorkFree
  8. Chapter VII: The Psychology of the Dream ActivitiesFree
  9. Chapter VIII: Literary IndexFree

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