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Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
CHARLES DICKENS
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## A CHRISTMAS CAROL
## A TALE OF TWO CITIES
## MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
## PICTURES FROM ITALY
## AMERICAN NOTES
## THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
## DAVID COPPERFIELD
## HARD TIMES
## DOMBEY AND SON
## REPRINTED PIECES
## OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
## THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
## THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
## SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES
## BARNABY RUDGE
## SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
## NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
## MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
## BLEAK HOUSE
## THREE GHOST STORIES
## GREAT EXPECTATIONS
## SOME CHRISTMAS STORIES
## THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
## MUGBY JUNCTION
## POEMS AND VERSES
## THE BATTLE OF LIFE
## A CHILD'S DREAM OF A STAR
## OLIVER TWIST
## PICKWICK PAPERS
## A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
## SKETCHES BY BOZ
THE REMAINING FILES DO NOT HAVE TABLES OF CONTENTS
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN
THE CHIMES
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
HUNTED DOWN
HOLIDAY ROMANCE
GEORGE SILVERMAN'S EXPLANATION
SPEECHES OF CHARLES DICKENS
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES
SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS
THE LAMPLIGHTER
THE HOLLY-TREE
THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND
SOMEBODY'S LUGGAGE
DOCTOR MARIGOLD
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LODGINGS
MRS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY
MUGBY JUNCTION
GOING INTO SOCIETY
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY
A HOUSE TO LET
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN
THE MAGIC FISHBONE
THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM TINKLING
CAPTAIN BOLDHEART & THE LATIN-GRAMMAR MASTER
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 1 of 3
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 2 of 3
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Vol 3 of 3
BARDELL V. PICKWICK
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL In Prose, Being A Ghost Story Of Christmas By Charles Dickens With Illustrations By John Leech
STAVE I MARLEY’S GHOST
STAVE II THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE III THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS
STAVE IV THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
STAVE V THE END OF IT
ILLUSTRATIONS Artist.
Marley’s Ghost J. Leech
Ghosts of Departed Usurers ,,
Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball ,,
Scrooge Extinguishes the First of the Three Spirits ,,
Scrooge’s Third Visitor ,,
Ignorance and Want ,,
The Last of the Spirits ,,
Scrooge and Bob Cratchit ,,
A TALE OF TWO CITIES A Story Of The French Revolution By Charles Dickens
!!!! Book the First—Recalled to Life
I. The Period
II. The Mail
III. The Night Shadows
IV. The Preparation
V. The Wine-shop
VI. The Shoemaker
!!!! Book the Second—the Golden Thread
I. Five Years Later
II. A Sight
III. A Disappointment
IV. Congratulatory
V. The Jackal
VI. Hundreds of People
VII. Monseigneur in Town
VIII. Monseigneur in the Country
IX. The Gorgon's Head
X. Two Promises
XI. A Companion Picture
XII. The Fellow of Delicacy
XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy
XIV. The Honest Tradesman
XV. Knitting
XVI. Still Knitting
XVII. One Night
XVIII. Nine Days
XIX. An Opinion
XX. A Plea
XXI. Echoing Footsteps
XXII. The Sea Still Rises
XXIII. Fire Rises
XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
!!!! Book the Third—the Track of a Storm
I. In Secret
II. The Grindstone
III. The Shadow
IV. Calm in Storm
V. The Wood-Sawyer
VI. Triumph
VII. A Knock at the Door
VIII. A Hand at Cards
IX. The Game Made
X. The Substance of the Shadow
XI. Dusk
XII. Darkness
XIII. Fifty-two
XIV. The Knitting Done
XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK By Charles Dickens LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Master Humphrey’s Chamber
George Cattermole
215
Friendly Recognitions
Phiz
217
Gog and Magog
,,
228
A Gallant Cavalier
232
Death of Master Graham
237
A Charming Fellow
240
The Two Friends
246
Hunted Down
254
Mr. Pickwick introduces himself to Master Humphrey
259
Will Marks reading the News concerning Witches
266
Will Marks takes up his position for the night
270
Will Marks arrives at the Church
277
Tony Weller and his Grandson
282
Proceedings of the Club
„
288
The Last Will and Testament of William Blinder
292
A Rival Club
297
A Chip of the Old Block
302
Master Humphrey’s Visionary Friends
311
The Deserted Chamber
318
AND PICTURES FROM ITALY By Charles Dickens With 8 Illustrations By Marcus Stone
The Reader’s Passport
Going through France
218
Lyons, the Rhone, and the Goblin of Avignon
225
Avignon to Genoa
233
Genoa and its Neighbourhood
238
To Parma, Modena, and Bologna
264
Through Bologna and Ferrara
272
An Italian Dream
By Verona, Mantua, and Milan, across the Pass of the Simplon into Switzerland
284
To Rome by Pisa and Siena
Rome
308
A Rapid Diorama
345 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Civil and Military
Marcus Stone, R.A.
Italian Peasants
,, ,, ,,
250
The Chiffonier
294
In the Catacombs
326
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
Dedication of “American Notes”
v
Preface to the First Cheap Edition of “American Notes”
vii
Preface to the “Charles Dickens” Edition of “American Notes”
ix
AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
CHAPTER I
Going Away
3
CHAPTER II
The Passage out
10
CHAPTER III
Boston
22
CHAPTER IV
An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System
52
CHAPTER V
Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York
60
CHAPTER VI
New York
67
CHAPTER VII
Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison
81
CHAPTER VIII
Washington. The Legislature. And the President’s House
94
CHAPTER IX
A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. Virginia Road, and a Black Driver. Richmond. Baltimore. The Harrisburg Mail, and a Glimpse of the City. A Canal Boat
107
CHAPTER X
Some further Account of the Canal Boat, its Domestic Economy, and its Passengers. Journey to Pittsburg across the Alleghany Mountains. Pittsburg
121
CHAPTER XI
From Pittsburg to Cincinnati in a Western Steamboat. Cincinnati
130
CHAPTER XII
From Cincinnati to Louisville in another Western Steamboat; and from Louisville to St. Louis in another. St. Louis
137
CHAPTER XIII
A Jaunt to the Looking-glass Prairie and back
147
CHAPTER XIV
Return to Cincinnati. A Stage-coach Ride from that City to Columbus, and thence to Sandusky. So, by Lake Erie, to the Falls of Niagara
153
CHAPTER XV
In Canada; Toronto; Kingston; Montreal; Quebec; St. John’s. In the United States again; Lebanon; The Shaker Village; West Point
167
CHAPTER XVI
The Passage Home
182
CHAPTER XVII
Slavery
189
CHAPTER XVIII
Concluding Remarks
202
Postscript
210 p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Emigrants
Frontispiece
The Solitary Prisoner
90
Black and White
112
The Little Wife
144
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP By Charles Dickens
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 57
CHAPTER 58
CHAPTER 59
CHAPTER 60
CHAPTER 61
CHAPTER 62
CHAPTER 63
CHAPTER 64
CHAPTER 65
CHAPTER 66
CHAPTER 67
CHAPTER 68
CHAPTER 69
CHAPTER 70
CHAPTER 71
CHAPTER 72
CHAPTER 73
DAVID COPPERFIELD By Charles Dickens
PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION
PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION
THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE YOUNGER
CHAPTER 1. — I AM BORN
CHAPTER 2. — I OBSERVE
CHAPTER 3. — I HAVE A CHANGE
CHAPTER 4. — I FALL INTO DISGRACE
CHAPTER 5. — I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
CHAPTER 6. — I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER 7. — MY ‘FIRST HALF’ AT SALEM HOUSE
CHAPTER 8. — MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON
CHAPTER 9. — I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER 10. — I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
CHAPTER 11. — I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON’T LIKE IT
CHAPTER 12. — LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FORM A GREAT RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 13. — THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 14. — MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
CHAPTER 15. — I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
CHAPTER 16. — I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
CHAPTER 17. — SOMEBODY TURNS UP
CHAPTER 18. — A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 19. — I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER 20. — STEERFORTH’S HOME
CHAPTER 21. — LITTLE EM’LY
CHAPTER 22. — SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
CHAPTER 23. — I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION
CHAPTER 24. — MY FIRST DISSIPATION
CHAPTER 25. — GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
CHAPTER 26. — I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER 27. — TOMMY TRADDLES
CHAPTER 28. — Mr. MICAWBER’S GAUNTLET
CHAPTER 29. — I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN
CHAPTER 30. — A LOSS
CHAPTER 31. — A GREATER LOSS
CHAPTER 32. — THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
CHAPTER 33. — BLISSFUL
CHAPTER 34. — MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
CHAPTER 35. — DEPRESSION
CHAPTER 36. — ENTHUSIASM
CHAPTER 37. — A LITTLE COLD WATER
CHAPTER 38. — A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER 39. — WICKFIELD AND HEEP
CHAPTER 40. — THE WANDERER
CHAPTER 41. — DORA’S AUNTS
CHAPTER 42. — MISCHIEF
CHAPTER 43. — ANOTHER RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 44. — OUR HOUSEKEEPING
CHAPTER 45. — MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT’S PREDICTIONS
CHAPTER 46. — INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER 47. — MARTHA
CHAPTER 48. — DOMESTIC
CHAPTER 49. — I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
CHAPTER 50. — Mr. PEGGOTTY’S DREAM COMES TRUE
CHAPTER 51. — THE BEGINNING OF A LONGER JOURNEY
CHAPTER 52. — I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
CHAPTER 53. — ANOTHER RETROSPECT
CHAPTER 54. — Mr. MICAWBER’S TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 55. — TEMPEST
CHAPTER 56. — THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD
CHAPTER 57. — THE EMIGRANTS
CHAPTER 58. — ABSENCE
CHAPTER 59. — RETURN
CHAPTER 60. — AGNES
CHAPTER 61. — I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
CHAPTER 62. — A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
CHAPTER 63. — A VISITOR
CHAPTER 64. — A LAST RETROSPECT
HARD TIMES By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST. SOWING
The One Thing Needful
Murdering the Innocents
4
A Loophole
8
Mr. Bounderby
12
The Keynote
18
Sleary’s Horsemanship
23
Mrs. Sparsit
33
Never Wonder
38
Sissy’s Progress
43
Stephen Blackpool
49
No Way Out
53
The Old Woman
59
Rachael
63
The Great Manufacturer
69
Father and Daughter
73
Husband and Wife
79
BOOK THE SECOND. REAPING
Effects in the Bank
84
Mr. James Harthouse
The Whelp
101
Men and Brothers
111
Men and Masters
105
Fading Away
116
Gunpowder
126
Explosion
136
Hearing the Last of it
146
Mrs. Sparsit’s Staircase
152
Lower and Lower
156
Down
163
BOOK THE THIRD. GARNERING
Another Thing Needful
Very Ridiculous
172
Very Decided
179
Lost
186
Found
193
The Starlight
200
Whelp-Hunting
208
Philosophical
216
Final
222 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Stephen and Rachael in the Sick-room
64
Mr. Harthouse Dining at the Bounderbys’
100
Mr. Harthouse and Tom Gradgrind in the Garden
132
Stephen Blackpool recovered from the Old Hell Shaft
206
DOMBEY AND SON By Charles Dickens
CHAPTER 1. Dombey and Son
CHAPTER 2. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families.
CHAPTER 3. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department
CHAPTER 4. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures
CHAPTER 5. Paul’s Progress and Christening
CHAPTER 6. Paul’s Second Deprivation
CHAPTER 7. A Bird’s-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox’s Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox’s Affections
CHAPTER 8. Paul’s Further Progress, Growth and Character
CHAPTER 9. In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble
CHAPTER 10. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman’s Disaster
CHAPTER 11. Paul’s Introduction to a New Scene
CHAPTER 12. Paul’s Education
CHAPTER 13. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business
CHAPTER 14. Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays
CHAPTER 15. Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay
CHAPTER 16. What the Waves were always saying
CHAPTER 17. Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People
CHAPTER 18. Father and Daughter
CHAPTER 19. Walter goes away
CHAPTER 20. Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey
CHAPTER 21. New Faces
CHAPTER 22. A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager
CHAPTER 23. Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious
CHAPTER 24. The Study of a Loving Heart
CHAPTER 25. Strange News of Uncle Sol
CHAPTER 26. Shadows of the Past and Future
CHAPTER 27. Deeper Shadows
CHAPTER 28. Alterations
CHAPTER 29. The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick
CHAPTER 30. The interval before the Marriage
CHAPTER 31. The Wedding
CHAPTER 32. The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces
CHAPTER 33. Contrasts
CHAPTER 34. Another Mother and Daughter
CHAPTER 35. The Happy Pair
CHAPTER 36. Housewarming
CHAPTER 37. More Warnings than One
CHAPTER 38. Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance
CHAPTER 39. Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner
CHAPTER 40. Domestic Relations
CHAPTER 41. New Voices in the Waves
CHAPTER 42. Confidential and Accidental
CHAPTER 43. The Watches of the Night
CHAPTER 44. A Separation
CHAPTER 45. The Trusty Agent
CHAPTER 46. Recognizant and Reflective
CHAPTER 47. The Thunderbolt
CHAPTER 48. The Flight of Florence
CHAPTER 49. The Midshipman makes a Discovery
CHAPTER 50. Mr Toots’s Complaint
CHAPTER 51. Mr Dombey and the World
CHAPTER 52. Secret Intelligence
CHAPTER 53. More Intelligence
CHAPTER 54. The Fugitives
CHAPTER 55. Rob the Grinder loses his Place
CHAPTER 56. Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted
CHAPTER 57. Another Wedding
CHAPTER 58. After a Lapse
CHAPTER 59. Retribution
CHAPTER 60. Chiefly Matrimonial
CHAPTER 61. Relenting
CHAPTER 62. Final
PREFACE OF 1848
PREFACE OF 1867
REPRINTED PIECES By Charles Dickens
The Long Voyage
309
The Begging-letter Writer
317
A Child’s Dream of a Star
324
Our English Watering-place
327
Our French Watering-place
335
Bill-sticking
346
“Births. Mrs. Meek, of a Son”
357
Lying Awake
361
The Ghost of Art
367
Out of Town
373
Out of the Season
379
A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent
386
The Noble Savage
391
A Flight
397
The Detective Police
406
Three “Detective” Anecdotes
422
I.—The Pair of Gloves
II.—The Artful Touch
III.—The Sofa
On Duty with Inspector Field
430
Down with the Tide
442
A Walk in a Workhouse
451
Prince Bull. A Fairy Tale
457
A Plated Article
462
Our Honourable Friend
470
Our School
475
Our Vestry
481
Our Bore
487
A Monument of French Folly
494
The long voyage
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Charles Dickens
BOOK THE FIRST — THE CUP AND THE LIP
Chapter 1 --- ON THE LOOK OUT Chapter 2 --- THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE Chapter 3 --- ANOTHER MAN Chapter 4 --- THE R. WILFER FAMILY Chapter 5 --- BOFFIN'S BOWER Chapter 6 --- CUT ADRIFT Chapter 7 --- MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF Chapter 8 --- MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION Chapter 9 --- MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION Chapter 10 -- A MARRIAGE CONTRACT Chapter 11 -- PODSNAPPERY Chapter 12 -- THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW Chapter 13 -- TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY Chapter 14 -- THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN Chapter 15 -- TWO NEW SERVANTS Chapter 16 -- MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS Chapter 17 -- A DISMAL SWAMP
BOOK THE SECOND — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Chapter 1 --- OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER Chapter 2 --- STILL EDUCATIONAL Chapter 3 --- A PIECE OF WORK Chapter 4 --- CUPID PROMPTED Chapter 5 --- MERCURY PROMPTING Chapter 6 --- A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER Chapter 7 --- IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED Chapter 8 --- IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS Chapter 9 -9- IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL Chapter 10 -- A SUCCESSOR Chapter 11 -- SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART Chapter 12 -- MORE BIRDS OF PREY Chapter 13 -- A SOLO AND A DUETT Chapter 14 -- STRONG OF PURPOSE Chapter 15 -- THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR Chapter 16 -- AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
BOOK THE THIRD — A LONG LANE
Chapter 1 --- LODGERS IN QUEER STREET Chapter 2 --- A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT Chapter 3 --- THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE Chapter 4 --- A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY Chapter 5 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY Chapter 6 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY Chapter 7 --- THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION Chapter 8 --- THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY Chapter 9 --- SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION Chapter 10 -- SCOUTS OUT Chapter 11 -- IN THE DARK Chapter 12 -- MEANING MISCHIEF Chapter 13 -- GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Chapter 14 -- MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE Chapter 15 -- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST Chapter 16 -- THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS Chapter 17 -- A SOCIAL CHORUS
BOOK THE FOURTH — A TURNING
Chapter 1 --- SETTING TRAPS Chapter 2 --- THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE Chapter 3 --- Chapter 4 --- A RUNAWAY MATCH Chapter 5 --- CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE Chapter 6 --- A CRY FOR HELP Chapter 7 --- BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN Chapter 8 --- A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER Chapter 9 --- TWO PLACES VACATED Chapter 10 -- THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD Chapter 11 -- EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY Chapter 12 -- THE PASSING SHADOW Chapter 13 -- SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST Chapter 14 -- CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE Chapter 15 -- WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET Chapter 16 -- PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL Chapter 17 -- THE VOICE OF SOCIETY
THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble
495
Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything
513
Section A. Zoology and Botany
Section B. Anatomy and Medicine
Section C. Statistics
Section D. Mechanical Science
Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything
531
Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science
Section C. Anatomy and Medicine
Section D. Statistics
Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics
The Pantomime of Life
551
Some Particulars Concerning a Lion
558
Mr. Robert Bolton
563
Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child
567
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER By Charles Dickens
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
I
His General Line of Business
1
II
The Shipwreck
2
III
Wapping Workhouse
14
IV
Two Views of a Cheap Theatre
V
Poor Mercantile Jack
31
VI
Refreshments for Travellers
42
VII
Travelling Abroad
VIII
The Great Tasmania’s Cargo
IX
City of London Churches
X
Shy Neighbourhoods
75
XI
Tramps
XII
Dullborough Town
XIII
Night Walks
102
XIV
Chambers
110
XV
Nurse’s Stories
120
XVI
Arcadian London
129
XVII
The Italian Prisoner
XVIII
The Calais Night Mail
145
XIX
Some Recollections of Mortality
XX
Birthday Celebrations
160
XXI
The Short-Timers
168
XXII
Bound for the Great Salt Lake
178
XXIII
The City of the Absent
188
XXIV
An Old Stage-coaching House
195
XXV
The Boiled Beef of New England
XXVI
Chatham Dockyard
210
XXVII
In the French-Flemish Country
XXVIII
Medicine Men of Civilisation
227
XXIX
Titbull’s Alms-Houses
234
XXX
The Ruffian
253
XXXI
Aboard Ship
249
XXXII
A Small Star in the East
258
XXXIII
A Little Dinner in an Hour
267
XXXIV
Mr. Barlow
273
XXXV
On an Amateur Beat
278
XXXVI
A Fly-Leaf in a Life
XXXVII
A Plea for Total Abstinence
288 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Time and his Wife
A Cheap Theatre
24
The City Personage
72
242
SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.
447
The Young Couple
The Formal Couple
455
The Loving Couple
458
The Contradictory Couple
463
The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children
466
The Cool Couple
471
The Plausible Couple
474
The Nice Little Couple
478
The Egotistical Couple
The Couple Who Coddle Themselves
485
The Old Couple
489
Conclusion
493
BARNABY RUDGE A Tale Of The Riots Of ‘Eighty
by Charles Dickens
PREFACE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter the Last
SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN By By Charles Dickens
The Bashful Young Gentleman
403
The Out-and-out Young Gentleman
407
The Very Friendly Young Gentleman
410
The Military Young Gentleman
414
The Political Young Gentleman
418
The Domestic Young Gentleman
421
The Censorious Young Gentleman
424
The Funny Young Gentleman
427
The Theatrical Young Gentleman
431
The Poetical Young Gentleman
433
The ‘Throwing-off’ Young Gentleman
436
The Young Ladies’ Young Gentleman
439
443
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, by Charles Dickens
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 --- Introduces all the Rest
CHAPTER 2 --- Of Mr. Ralph Nickleby, and his Establishments, and his Undertakings, and of a great Joint Stock Company of vast national Importance
CHAPTER 3 --- Mr. Ralph Nickleby receives Sad Tidings of his Brother, but bears up nobly against the Intelligence communicated to him. The Reader is informed how he liked Nicholas, who is herein introduced, and how kindly he proposed to make his Fortune at once.
CHAPTER 4 --- Nicholas and his Uncle (to secure the Fortune without loss of time) wait upon Mr. Wackford Squeers, the Yorkshire Schoolmaster
CHAPTER 5 --- Nicholas starts for Yorkshire. Of his Leave-taking and his Fellow-Travellers, and what befell them on the Road
CHAPTER 6 --- In which the Occurrence of the Accident mentioned in the last Chapter, affords an Opportunity to a couple of Gentlemen to tell Stories against each other
CHAPTER 7 --- Mr. and Mrs. Squeers at Home
CHAPTER 8 --- Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall
CHAPTER 9 --- Of Miss Squeers, Mrs. Squeers, Master Squeers, and Mr. Squeers; and of various Matters and Persons connected no less with the Squeerses than Nicholas Nickleby
CHAPTER 10 -- How Mr. Ralph Nickleby provided for his Niece and Sister-in-Law
CHAPTER 11 -- Newman Noggs inducts Mrs. and Miss Nickleby into their New Dwelling in the City
CHAPTER 12 -- Whereby the Reader will be enabled to trace the further course of Miss Fanny Squeer's Love, and to ascertain whether it ran smooth or otherwise
CHAPTER 13 -- Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding, which leads to Consequences of some Importance
CHAPTER 14 -- Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding, which leads to Consequences of some Importance
CHAPTER 15 -- Acquaints the Reader with the Cause and Origin of the Interruption described in the last Chapter, and with some other Matters necessary to be known
CHAPTER 16 -- Nicholas seeks to employ himself in a New Capacity, and being unsuccessful, accepts an engagement as Tutor in a Private Family
CHAPTER 17 -- Follows the Fortunes of Miss Nickleby
CHAPTER 18 -- Miss Knag, after doting on Kate Nickleby for three whole Days, makes up her Mind to hate her for evermore. The Causes which led Miss Knag to form this Resolution
CHAPTER 19 -- Descriptive of a Dinner at Mr. Ralph Nickleby's, and of the Manner in which the Company entertained themselves, before Dinner, at Dinner, and after Dinner.
CHAPTER 20 -- Wherein Nicholas at length encounters his Uncle, to whom he expresses his Sentiments with much Candour. His Resolution.
CHAPTER 21 -- Madam Mantalini finds herself in a Situation of some Difficulty, and Miss Nickleby finds herself in no Situation at all
CHAPTER 22 -- Nicholas, accompanied by Smike, sallies forth to seek his Fortune. He encounters Mr. Vincent Crummles; and who he was, is herein made manifest
CHAPTER 23 -- Treats of the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and of his Affairs, Domestic and Theatrical
CHAPTER 24 -- Of the Great Bespeak for Miss Snevellicci, and the first Appearance of Nicholas upon any Stage
CHAPTER 25 -- Concerning a young Lady from London, who joins the Company, and an elderly Admirer who follows in her Train; with an affecting Ceremony consequent on their Arrival
CHAPTER 26 -- Is fraught with some Danger to Miss Nickleby's Peace of Mind
CHAPTER 27 -- Mrs. Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck, whose Affection and Interest are beyond all Bounds
CHAPTER 28 -- Miss Nickleby, rendered desperate by the Persecution of Sir Mulberry Hawk, and the Complicated Difficulties and Distresses which surround her, appeals, as a last resource, to her Uncle for Protection
CHAPTER 29 -- Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and certain Internal Divisions in the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles
CHAPTER 30 -- Festivities are held in honour of Nicholas, who suddenly withdraws himself from the Society of Mr. Vincent Crummles and his Theatrical Companions
CHAPTER 31 -- Of Ralph Nickleby and Newman Noggs, and some wise Precautions, the success or failure of which will appear in the Sequel
CHAPTER 32 -- Relating chiefly to some remarkable Conversation, and some remarkable Proceedings to which it gives rise
CHAPTER 33 -- In which Mr. Ralph Nickleby is relieved, by a very expeditious Process, from all Commerce with his Relations
CHAPTER 34 -- Wherein Mr. Ralph Nickleby is visited by Persons with whom the Reader has been already made acquainted
CHAPTER 35 -- Smike becomes known to Mrs. Nickleby and Kate. Nicholas also meets with new Acquaintances. Brighter Days seem to dawn upon the Family
CHAPTER 36 -- Private and confidential; relating to Family Matters. Showing how Mr Kenwigs underwent violent Agitation, and how Mrs. Kenwigs was as well as could be expected
CHAPTER 37 -- Nicholas finds further Favour in the Eyes of the brothers Cheeryble and Mr Timothy Linkinwater. The brothers give a Banquet on a great Annual Occasion. Nicholas, on returning Home from it, receives a mysterious and important Disclosure from the Lips of Mrs. Nickleby
CHAPTER 38 -- Comprises certain Particulars arising out of a Visit of Condolence, which may prove important hereafter. Smike unexpectedly encounters a very old Friend, who invites him to his House, and will take no Denial
CHAPTER 39 -- In which another old Friend encounters Smike, very opportunely and to some Purpose
CHAPTER 40 -- In which Nicholas falls in Love. He employs a Mediator, whose Proceedings are crowned with unexpected Success, excepting in one solitary Particular
CHAPTER 41 -- Containing some Romantic Passages between Mrs. Nickleby and the Gentleman in the Small-clothes next Door
CHAPTER 42 -- Illustrative of the convivial Sentiment, that the best of Friends must sometimes part
CHAPTER 43 -- Officiates as a kind of Gentleman Usher, in bringing various People together
CHAPTER 44 -- Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance. It would also appear from the Contents hereof, that a Joke, even between Husband and Wife, may be sometimes carried too far
CHAPTER 45 -- Containing Matter of a surprising Kind
CHAPTER 46 -- Throws some Light upon Nicholas's Love; but whether for Good or Evil the Reader must determine
CHAPTER 47 -- Mr. Ralph Nickleby has some confidential Intercourse with another old Friend. They concert between them a Project, which promises well for both
CHAPTER 48 -- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and positively his last Appearance on this Stage
CHAPTER 49 -- Chronicles the further Proceedings of the Nickleby Family, and the Sequel of the Adventure of the Gentleman in the Small-clothes
CHAPTER 50 -- Involves a serious Catastrophe
CHAPTER 51 -- The Project of Mr. Ralph Nickleby and his Friend approaching a successful Issue, becomes unexpectedly known to another Party, not admitted into their Confidence
CHAPTER 52 -- Nicholas despairs of rescuing Madeline Bray, but plucks up his Spirits again, and determines to attempt it. Domestic Intelligence of the Kenwigses and Lillyvicks
CHAPTER 53 -- Containing the further Progress of the Plot contrived by Mr. Ralph Nickleby and Mr. Arthur Gride
CHAPTER 54 -- The Crisis of the Project and its Result
CHAPTER 55 -- Of Family Matters, Cares, Hopes, Disappointments, and Sorrows
CHAPTER 56 -- Ralph Nickleby, baffled by his Nephew in his late Design, hatches a Scheme of Retaliation which Accident suggests to him, and takes into his Counsels a tried Auxiliary
CHAPTER 57 -- How Ralph Nickleby's Auxiliary went about his Work, and how he prospered with it
CHAPTER 58 -- In which one Scene of this History is closed
CHAPTER 59 -- The Plots begin to fail, and Doubts and Dangers to disturb the Plotter
CHAPTER 60 -- The Dangers thicken, and the Worst is Told
CHAPTER 61 -- Wherein Nicholas and his Sister forfeit the good Opinion of all worldly and prudent People
CHAPTER 62 -- Ralph makes one last Appointment-and keeps it
CHAPTER 63 -- The Brothers Cheeryble make various Declarations for themselves and others. Tim Linkinwater makes a Declaration for himself
CHAPTER 64 -- An old Acquaintance is recognised under melancholy Circumstances, and Dotheboys Hall breaks up for ever
CHAPTER 65 -- Conclusion
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT by Charles Dickens
POSTSCRIPT
CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTORY, CONCERNING THE PEDIGREE OF THE CHUZZLEWIT FAMILY
CHAPTER 2 --- WHEREIN CERTAIN PERSONS ARE PRESENTED TO THE READER, WITH WHOM HE MAY, IF HE PLEASE, BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER 3 --- IN WHICH CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS ARE INTRODUCED; ON THE SAME TERMS AS IN THE LAST CHAPTER
CHAPTER 4 --- FROM WHICH IT WILL APPEAR THAT IF UNION BE STRENGTH, AND FAMILY AFFECTION BE PLEASANT TO CONTEMPLATE, THE CHUZZLEWITS WERE THE STRONGEST AND MOST AGREEABLE FAMILY IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER 5 --- CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE INSTALLATION OF MR PECKSNIFF'S NEW PUPIL INTO THE BOSOM OF MR PECKSNIFF'S FAMILY. WITH ALL THE FESTIVITIES HELD ON THAT OCCASION, AND THE GREAT ENJOYMENT OF MR PINCH
CHAPTER 6 --- COMPRISES, AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS, PECKSNIFFIAN AND ARCHITECTURAL, AND EXACT RELATION OF THE PROGRESS MADE BY MR PINCH IN THE CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE NEW PUPIL
CHAPTER 7 --- IN WHICH MR CHEVY SLYME ASSERTS THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS SPIRIT, AND THE BLUE DRAGON LOSES A LIMB
CHAPTER 8 --- ACCOMPANIES MR PECKSNIFF AND HIS CHARMING DAUGHTERS TO THE CITY OF LONDON; AND RELATES WHAT FELL OUT UPON THEIR WAY THITHER
CHAPTER 9 --- TOWN AND TODGER'S
CHAPTER 10 -- CONTAINING STRANGE MATTER, ON WHICH MANY EVENTS IN THIS HISTORY MAY, FOR THEIR GOOD OR EVIL INFLUENCE, CHIEFLY DEPEND
CHAPTER 11 -- WHEREIN A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN BECOMES PARTICULAR IN HIS ATTENTIONS TO A CERTAIN LADY; AND MORE COMING EVENTS THAN ONE, CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE
CHAPTER 12 -- WILL BE SEEN IN THE LONG RUN, IF NOT IN THE SHORT ONE, TO CONCERN MR PINCH AND OTHERS, NEARLY. MR PECKSNIFF ASSERTS THE DIGNITY OF OUTRAGED VIRTUE. YOUNG MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT FORMS A DESPERATE RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 13 -- SHOWING WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN AND HIS DESPARATE RESOLVE, AFTER HE LEFT MR PECKSNIFF'S HOUSE; WHAT PERSONS HE ENCOUNTERED; WHAT ANXIETIES HE SUFFERED; AND WHAT NEWS HE HEARD
CHAPTER 14 -- IN WHICH MARTIN BIDS ADIEU TO THE LADY OF HIS LOVE; AND HONOURS AN OBSCURE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE FORTUNE HE INTENDS TO MAKE BY COMMENDING HER TO HIS PROTECTION
CHAPTER 15 -- THE BURDEN WHEREOF, IS HAIL COLUMBIA!
CHAPTER 16 -- MARTIN DISEMBARKS FROM THAT NOBLE AND FAST-SAILING LINE-OF-PACKET SHIP, 'THE SCREW', AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE MAKES SOME ACQUAINTANCES, AND DINES AT A BOARDING-HOUSE. THE PARTICULARS OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 17 -- MARTIN ENLARGES HIS CIRCLE OF AQUAINTANCE; INCREASES HIS STOCK OF WISDOM; AND HAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY OF COMPARING HIS OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE OF LUMMY NED OF THE LIGHT SALISBURY, AS RELATED BY HIS FRIEND MR WILLIAM SIMMONS
CHAPTER 18 -- DOES BUSINESS WITH THE HOUSE OF ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT AND SON, FROM WHICH ONE OF THE PARTNERS RETIRES UNEXPECTEDLY
CHAPTER 19 -- THE READER IS BROUGHT INTO COMMUNICATION WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, AND SHEDS A TEAR OVER THE FILIAL PIETY OF GOOD MR JONAS
CHAPTER 20 -- IS A CHAPTER OF LOVE
CHAPTER 21 -- MORE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES, MARTIN TAKES A PARTNER, AND MAKES A PURCHASE. SOME ACCOUNT OF EDEN, AS IT APPEARED ON PAPER. ALSO OF THE BRITISH LION. ALSO OF THE KIND OF SYMPATHY PROFESSED AND ENTERTAINED BY THE WATERTOAST ASSOCIATION OF UNITED SYMPATHISERS
CHAPTER 22 -- FROM WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT MARTIN BECAME A LION OF HIS OWN ACCOUNT. TOGETHER WITH THE REASON WHY
CHAPTER 23 -- MARTIN AND HIS PARTNER TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR ESTATE. THE JOYFUL OCCASION INVOLVES SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF EDEN
CHAPTER 24 -- REPORTS PROGRESS IN CERTAIN HOMELY MATTERS OF LOVE, HATRED, JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE
CHAPTER 25 -- IS IN PART PROFESSIONAL, AND FURNISHES THE READER WITH SOME VALUABLE HINTS IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF A SICK CHAMBER
CHAPTER 26 -- AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, AND A PROMISING PROSPECT
CHAPTER 27 -- SHOWING THAT OLD FRIENDS MAY NOT ONLY APPEAR WITH NEW FACES, BUT IN FALSE COLOURS. THAT PEOPLE ARE PRONE TO BITE, AND THAT BITERS MAY SOMETIMES BE BITTEN.
CHAPTER 28 -- MR. MONTAGUE AT HOME. AND MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT AT HOME
CHAPTER 29 -- IN WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE PRECOCIOUS, OTHERS PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHERS MYSTERIOUS; ALL IN THEIR SEVERAL WAYS
CHAPTER 30 -- PROVES THAT CHANGES MAY BE RUNG IN THE BEST-REGULATED FAMILIES, AND THAT MR PECKNIFF WAS A SPECIAL HAND AT A TRIPLE-BOB-MAJOR
CHAPTER 31 -- MR PINCH IS DISCHARGED OF A DUTY WHICH HE NEVER OWED TO ANYBODY, AND MR PECKSNIFF DISCHARGES A DUTY WHICH HE OWES TO SOCIETY
CHAPTER 32 -- TREATS OF TODGER'S AGAIN; AND OF ANOTHER BLIGHTED PLANT BESIDES THE PLANTS UPON THE LEADS
CHAPTER 33 -- FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN EDEN, AND A PROCEEDING OUT OF IT. MARTIN MAKES A DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER 34 -- IN WHICH THE TRAVELLERS MOVE HOMEWARD, AND ENCOUNTER SOME DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS UPON THE WAY
CHAPTER 35 -- ARRIVING IN ENGLAND, MARTIN WITNESSES A CEREMONY, FROM WHICH HE DERIVES THE CHEERING INFORMATION THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN HIS ABSENCE
CHAPTER 36 -- TOM PINCH DEPARTS TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. WHAT HE FINDS AT STARTING
CHAPTER 37 -- TOM PINCH, GOING ASTRAY, FINDS THAT HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THAT PREDICAMENT. HE RETALIATES UPON A FALLEN FOE
CHAPTER 38 -- SECRET SERVICE
CHAPTER 39 -- CONTAINING SOME FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE PINCHES; WITH STRANGE NEWS FROM THE CITY, NARROWLY CONCERNING TOM
CHAPTER 40 -- THE PINCHES MAKE A NEW ACQUAINTANCE, AND HAVE FRESH OCCASION FOR SURPRISE AND WONDER
CHAPTER 41 -- MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND, ARRIVING AT A PLEASANT UNDERSTANDING, SET FORTH UPON AN ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER 42 -- CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 43 -- HAS AN INFLUENCE ON THE FORTUNES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. MR PECKSNIFF IS EXHIBITED IN THE PLENITUDE OF POWER; AND WIELDS THE SAME WITH FORTITUDE AND MAGNANIMITY
CHAPTER 44 -- FURTHER CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 45 -- IN WHICH TOM PINCH AND HIS SISTER TAKE A LITTLE PLEASURE; BUT QUITE IN A DOMESTIC WAY, AND WITH NO CEREMONY ABOUT IT
CHAPTER 46 -- IN WHICH MISS PECKSNIFF MAKES LOVE, MR JONAS MAKES WRATH, MRS GAMP MAKES TEA, AND MR CHUFFEY MAKES BUSINESS
CHAPTER 47 -- CONCLUSION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 48 -- BEARS TIDINGS OF MARTIN AND OF MARK, AS WELL AS OF A THIRD PERSON NOT QUITE UNKNOWN TO THE READER. EXHIBITS FILIAL PIETY IN AN UGLY ASPECT; AND CASTS A DOUBTFUL RAY OF LIGHT UPON A VERY DARK PLACE
CHAPTER 49 -- IN WHICH MRS HARRIS ASSISTED BY A TEAPOT, IS THE CAUSE OF A DIVISION BETWEEN FRIENDS
CHAPTER 50 -- SURPRISES TOM PINCH VERY MUCH, AND SHOWS HOW CERTAIN CONFIDENCES PASSED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SISTER
CHAPTER 51 -- SHEDS NEW AND BRIGHTER LIGHT UPON THE VERY DARK PLACE; AND CONTAINS THE SEQUEL OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 52 -- IN WHICH THE TABLES ARE TURNED, COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN
CHAPTER 53 -- WHAT JOHN WESTLOCK SAID TO TOM PINCH'S SISTER; WHAT TOM PINCH'S SISTER SAID TO JOHN WESTLOCK; WHAT TOM PINCH SAID TO BOTH OF THEM; AND HOW THEY ALL PASSED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY
CHAPTER 54 -- GIVES THE AUTHOR GREAT CONCERN. FOR IT IS THE LAST IN THE BOOK
BLEAK HOUSE By Charles Dickens
Preface I. In Chancery II. In Fashion III. A Progress IV. Telescopic Philanthropy V. A Morning Adventure VI. Quite at Home VII. The Ghost's Walk VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins IX. Signs and Tokens X. The Law-Writer XI. Our Dear Brother XII. On the Watch XIII. Esther's Narrative XIV. Deportment XV. Bell Yard XVI. Tom-all-Alone's XVII. Esther's Narrative XVIII. Lady Dedlock XIX. Moving On XX. A New Lodger XXI. The Smallweed Family XXII. Mr. Bucket XXIII. Esther's Narrative XXIV. An Appeal Case XXV. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All XXVI. Sharpshooters XXVII. More Old Soldiers Than One XXVIII. The Ironmaster XXIX. The Young Man XXX. Esther's Narrative XXXI. Nurse and Patient XXXII. The Appointed Time XXXIII. Interlopers XXXIV. A Turn of the Screw XXXV. Esther's Narrative XXXVI. Chesney Wold XXXVII. Jarndyce and Jarndyce XXXVIII. A Struggle XXXIX. Attorney and Client XL. National and Domestic XLI. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room XLII. In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers XLIII. Esther's Narrative XLIV. The Letter and the Answer XLV. In Trust XLVI. Stop Him! XLVII. Jo's Will XLVIII. Closing In XLIX. Dutiful Friendship L. Esther's Narrative LI. Enlightened LII. Obstinacy LIII. The Track LIV. Springing a Mine LV. Flight LVI. Pursuit LVII. Esther's Narrative LVIII. A Wintry Day and Night LIX. Esther's Narrative LX. Perspective LXI. A Discovery LXII. Another Discovery LXIII. Steel and Iron LXIV. Esther's Narrative LXV. Beginning the World LXVI. Down in Lincolnshire LXVII. The Close of Esther's Narrative
THREE GHOST STORIES By Charles Dickens
The Haunted House
The Trial For Murder
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The Signal-Man
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS [1867 Edition] by Charles Dickens
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Chapter XLV
Chapter XLVI
Chapter XLVII
Chapter XLVIII
Chapter XLIX
Chapter L
Chapter LI
Chapter LII
Chapter LIII
Chapter LIV
Chapter LV
Chapter LVI
Chapter LVII
Chapter LVIII
Chapter LIX
SOME SHORT CHRISTMAS STORIES By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS.
A Christmas Tree
What Christmas is as we Grow Older
The Poor Relation’s Story
The Child’s Story
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The Schoolboy’s Story
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Nobody’s Story
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH By Charles Dickens Illustrated By George Alfred Williams
CONTENTS Chirp the First 103 Chirp the Second 132 Chirp the Third 165
Mugby Junction By Charles Dickens CONTENTS
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Barbox Brothers.
By Charles Dickens
Barbox Brothers & Co.
Main Line: The Boy at Mugby.
No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman.
89
No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver.
By Andrew Halliday
No. 3 Branch Line: The Compensation House.
By Charles Collins
125
No. 4 Branch Line: The Travelling Post-Office.
By Hesba Stretton
154
No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer.
By Amelia B. Edwards
187
POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS By Charles Dickens Collected and Edited, with Bibliographical Notes, by F. G. Kitton
CONTENTS PAGE The Village Coquettes (1836), 3 Round. Hail to the merry Autumn days, 7 Lucy’s Song. Love is not a feeling to pass away, 8 Squire Norton’s Song. That very wise head, old Æsop, said, 9 George Edmunds’ Song. Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, 10 Rose’s Song. Some folks who have grown old and sour, 11 Duet (Flam and Rose). ’Tis true I’m caressed by the witty, 12 Squire Norton’s Song. The child and the old man sat alone, 13 Duet (The Squire and Lucy). In rich and lofty station shine, 14 Sestet and Chorus. Turn him from the farm, 15 Quartet. Hear me, when I swear that the farm is your own, 17 [Pg x] Squire Norton’s Song. There’s a charm in Spring, 20 Young Benson’s Song. My fair home is no longer mine, 21 Duet (The Squire and Edmunds). Listen, though I do not fear you, 22 Lucy’s Song. How beautiful at even-tide, 23 Chorus. Join the dance, with step as light, 23 Quintet. No light bound of stag or timid hare, 24
The Lamplighter (1838), 29 Duet (Tom and Betsy). There comes a new moon twelve times a year, 31
The Pickwick Papers (1837), 35, 41, 47, 51 The Ivy Green. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, 36 A Christmas Carol. I care not for Spring, 42 Gabriel Grub’s Song. Brave lodgings for one, 48 Romance (Sam Weller’s Song). Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, 53
The Examiner (1841), 57 The Fine Old English Gentleman. I’ll sing you a new ballad, 59 The Quack Doctor’s Proclamation. An astonishing doctor has just come to town, 67 Subjects for Painters. To you, Sir Martin, 73
[Pg xi] The Patrician’s Daughter (1842), 79 Prologue. No tale of streaming plumes and harness bright, 81
The Keepsake (1844), 87 A Word in Season. They have a superstition in the East, 89
The Daily News (1846), 93 The British Lion. Oh, p’r’aps you may have heard, 95 The Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers. Oh God, who by Thy Prophet’s hand, 101
Lines addressed to Mark Lemon (1849), 107 New Song. Lemon is a little hipped, 109
The Lighthouse (1855), 113 Prologue. A story of those rocks where doom’d ships come, 115 The Song of the Wreck. The wind blew high, the waters raved, 119
The Frozen Deep (1856), 125 Prologue. One savage footprint on the lonely shore, 127
The Wreck of the Golden Mary (1856), 131 A Child’s Hymn. Hear my prayer, O! Heavenly Father, 133
THE BATTLE OF LIFE A LOVE STORY ILLUSTRATIONS. Title. Artist. Engraver. Frontispiece D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Title D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Part the First R. Doyle. Dalziel. War C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. Peace C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Parting Breakfast J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Second R. Doyle. Green. Snitchey and Craggs J. Leech. Dalziel. The Secret Interview D. Maclise, R.A. Williams. The Night of the Return J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Third R. Doyle. Dalziel. The Nutmeg Grater C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Sisters D. Maclise, R.A. Williams.
A CHILD’S DREAM OF A STAR By Charles Dickens With Illustrations By Hammatt Billings LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Engraved by W. J. Linton Page I. These Two used to wonder 5 II. One clear shining Star 6 III. The Sister drooped 7 IV. A little Grave 8 V. A great World of Light 9 VI. “Is my Brother come?” 10 VII. The Company of Angels 11 VIII. “Thy Mother is no more” 12 IX. A Man, whose Hair was turning Gray 13 X. “I see the Star!” 14 XI. It shines upon his Grave 15
OLIVER TWIST, Or, The Parish Boy’s Progress By Charles Dickens Illustrated by George Cruikshank
CHAPTER I — TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
CHAPTER II — TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
CHAPTER III — RELATES HOW OLIVER TWIST WAS VERY NEAR GETTING A PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SINECURE
CHAPTER IV — OLIVER, BEING OFFERED ANOTHER PLACE, MAKES HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER V — OLIVER MINGLES WITH NEW ASSOCIATES. GOING TO A FUNERAL FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE FORMS AN UNFAVOURABLE NOTION OF HIS MASTER’S BUSINESS
CHAPTER VI — OLIVER, BEING GOADED BY THE TAUNTS OF NOAH, ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER ASTONISHES HIM
CHAPTER VII — OLIVER CONTINUES REFRACTORY
CHAPTER VIII — OLIVER WALKS TO LONDON. HE ENCOUNTERS ON THE ROAD A STRANGE SORT OF YOUNG GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER IX — CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL PUPILS
CHAPTER X — OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XI — TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE
CHAPTER XII — IN WHICH OLIVER IS TAKEN BETTER CARE OF THAN HE EVER WAS BEFORE. AND IN WHICH THE NARRATIVE REVERTS TO THE MERRY OLD GENTLEMAN AND HIS YOUTHFUL FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIII — SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, CONNECTED WITH WHOM VARIOUS PLEASANT MATTERS ARE RELATED, APPERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV — COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S, WITH THE REMARKABLE PREDICTION WHICH ONE MR. GRIMWIG UTTERED CONCERNING HIM, WHEN HE WENT OUT ON AN ERRAND
CHAPTER XV — SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS NANCY WERE
CHAPTER XVI — RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
CHAPTER XVII — OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION
CHAPTER XVIII — HOW OLIVER PASSED HIS TIME IN THE IMPROVING SOCIETY OF HIS REPUTABLE FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH A NOTABLE PLAN IS DISCUSSED AND DETERMINED ON
CHAPTER XX — WHEREIN OLIVER IS DELIVERED OVER TO MR. WILLIAM SIKES
CHAPTER XXI — THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXII — THE BURGLARY
CHAPTER XXIII — WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. BUMBLE AND A LADY; AND SHOWS THAT EVEN A BEADLE MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE ON SOME POINTS
CHAPTER XXIV — TREATS ON A VERY POOR SUBJECT. BUT IS A SHORT ONE, AND MAY BE FOUND OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXV — WHEREIN THIS HISTORY REVERTS TO MR. FAGIN AND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXVI — IN WHICH A MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE; AND MANY THINGS, INSEPARABLE FROM THIS HISTORY, ARE DONE AND PERFORMED
CHAPTER XXVII — ATONES FOR THE UNPOLITENESS OF A FORMER CHAPTER; WHICH DESERTED A LADY, MOST UNCEREMONIOUSLY
CHAPTER XXVIII — LOOKS AFTER OLIVER, AND PROCEEDS WITH HIS ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXIX — HAS AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE, TO WHICH OLIVER RESORTED
CHAPTER XXX — RELATES WHAT OLIVER’S NEW VISITORS THOUGHT OF HIM
CHAPTER XXXI — INVOLVES A CRITICAL POSITION
CHAPTER XXXII — OF THE HAPPY LIFE OLIVER BEGAN TO LEAD WITH HIS KIND FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXIII — WHEREIN THE HAPPINESS OF OLIVER AND HIS FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES A SUDDEN CHECK
CHAPTER XXXIV — CONTAINS SOME INTRODUCTORY PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO NOW ARRIVES UPON THE SCENE; AND A NEW ADVENTURE WHICH HAPPENED TO OLIVER
CHAPTER XXXV — CONTAINING THE UNSATISFACTORY RESULT OF OLIVER’S ADVENTURE; AND A CONVERSATION OF SOME IMPORTANCE BETWEEN HARRY MAYLIE AND ROSE
CHAPTER XXXVI — IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING, AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ITS
CHAPTER XXXVII — IN WHICH THE READER MAY PERCEIVE A CONTRAST, NOT UNCOMMON IN MATRIMONIAL CASES
CHAPTER XXXVIII — CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MR. AND MRS. BUMBLE, AND MR. MONKS, AT THEIR NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXXIX — INTRODUCES SOME RESPECTABLE CHARACTERS WITH WHOM THE READER IS ALREADY ACQUAINTED, AND SHOWS HOW MONKS AND THE JEW LAID THEIR WORTHY HEADS TOGETHER
CHAPTER XL — A STRANGE INTERVIEW, WHICH IS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST CHAMBER
CHAPTER XLI — CONTAINING FRESH DISCOVERIES, AND SHOWING THAT SUPRISES, LIKE MISFORTUNES, SELDOM COME ALONE
CHAPTER XLII — AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE OF OLIVER’S, EXHIBITING DECIDED MARKS OF GENIUS, BECOMES A PUBLIC CHARACTER IN THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER XLIII — WHEREIN IS SHOWN HOW THE ARTFUL DODGER GOT INTO TROUBLE
CHAPTER XLIV — THE TIME ARRIVES FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS.
CHAPTER XLV — NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION
CHAPTER XLVI — THE APPOINTMENT KEPT
CHAPTER XLVII — FATAL CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XLVIII — THE FLIGHT OF SIKES
CHAPTER XLIX — MONKS AND MR. BROWNLOW AT LENGTH MEET. THEIR CONVERSATION, AND THE INTELLIGENCE THAT INTERRUPTS IT
CHAPTER L — THE PURSUIT AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER LI — AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY
CHAPTER LII — FAGIN’S LAST NIGHT ALIVE
CHAPTER LIII — AND LAST
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB By Charles Dickens Illustrated By Cecil Aldin VOLUME THE SECOND CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton 1 CHAPTER II How the Pickwickians made and cultivated the Acquaintance of a couple of Nice Young Men belonging to one of the Liberal Professions; how they Disported themselves on the Ice; and how their First Visit came to a Conclusion 12 CHAPTER III Which is all about the Law, and sundry great Authorities learned therein 26 CHAPTER IV Describes, far more fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor’s Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawyer at his Lodgings in the Borough 43 CHAPTER V Mr. Weller the Elder delivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and, assisted by his son Samuel, pays a small Instalment of Retaliation to the Account of the Reverend Gentleman with the Red Nose 59 CHAPTER VI Is wholly devoted to a Full and Faithful Report of the Memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick 78 CHAPTER VII In which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath; and goes accordingly 105[vi] CHAPTER VIII The Chief Features of which, will be found to be an Authentic Version of the Legend of Prince Bladud, and a most extraordinary Calamity that befell Mr. Winkle 123 CHAPTER IX Honourably accounts for Mr. Weller’s Absence, by describing a Soiree to which he was Invited and went; also relates how he was entrusted by Mr. Pickwick with a Private Mission of Delicacy and Importance 136 CHAPTER X How Mr. Winkle, when he stepped out of the Frying-pan, walked gently and comfortably into the Fire 151 CHAPTER XI Mr. Samuel Weller, being entrusted with a Mission of Love, proceeds to Execute it; with what Success will hereinafter appear 167 CHAPTER XII Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a New and not uninteresting Scene in the great Drama of Life 184 CHAPTER XIII What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what Prisoners he Saw there; and how he Passed the Night 199 CHAPTER XIV Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, That Adversity brings a Man acquainted with Strange Bed-fellows. Likewise containing Mr. Pickwick’s extraordinary and startling Announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller 214 CHAPTER XV Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties 230[vii] CHAPTER XVI Treats of divers little Matters which occurred in the Fleet, and of Mr. Winkle’s Mysterious Behaviour; and shows how the poor Chancery Prisoner obtained his Release at last 246 CHAPTER XVII Descriptive of an Affecting Interview between Mr. Samuel Weller and a Family Party. Mr. Pickwick makes a Tour of the Diminutive World he inhabits, and resolves to mix with it, in future, as little as possible 261 CHAPTER XVIII Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling, not unmixed With Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Messrs. Dodson and Fogg 280 CHAPTER XIX Is chiefly devoted to Matters of Business, and the Temporal Advantage of Dodson and Fogg. Mr. Winkle reappears under Extraordinary Circumstances. Mr. Pickwick’s Benevolence proves stronger than his Obstinacy 292 CHAPTER XX Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the assistance of Samuel Weller, essayed to soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to mollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer 305 CHAPTER XXI Containing the Story of the Bagman’s Uncle 320 CHAPTER XXII How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how he was Reinforced in the Outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary 340[viii] CHAPTER XXIII In which Mr. Pickwick encounters an old Acquaintance, to which fortunate Circumstance the Reader is mainly indebted for Matter of thrilling Interest herein set down, concerning two great Public Men of Might and Power 357 CHAPTER XXIV Involving a serious Change in the Weller Family, and the untimely Downfall of the Red-nosed Mr. Stiggins 374 CHAPTER XXV Comprising the final Exit of Mr. Jingle and Job Trotter; with a great Morning of Business in Gray’s Inn Square. Concluding with a Double Knock at Mr. Perker’s Door 387 CHAPTER XXVI Containing some Particulars relative to the Double Knock, and other Matters: among which certain Interesting Disclosures relative to Mr. Snodgrass and a Young Lady are by no means irrelevant to this History 402 CHAPTER XXVII Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen, arranges the Affairs of the Elder Mr. Weller 420 CHAPTER XXVIII An important Conference takes place between Mr. Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his Parent assists. An old Gentleman in a Snuff-coloured Suit arrives unexpectedly 434 CHAPTER XXIX In which the Pickwick Club is finally Dissolved, and Everything Concluded to the Satisfaction of Everybody 449
[ix] ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR “Gentlemen, what does this mean? ‘Chops and Tomato sauce. Yours, Pickwick’” Frontispiece A face, head, and shoulders, emerged from beneath the water, and disclosed the features and spectacles of Mr. Pickwick Facing page 22 “A what!” asked Mr. Weller, apparently horror-stricken by the word. “A Walentine,” replied Sam „ 64 Mr. Winkle took to his heels and tore round the Crescent „ 134 And here, to the great horror of Mr. John Smauker, Sam Weller began to whistle „ 138 “Lor’, do adun, Mr. Weller!” „ 170 The cavalcade gave three tremendous cheers „ 244 “I drove the old piebald” „ 264 He felled Mr. Benjamin Allen to the ground „ 310 It was a beautiful and exhilarating sight to see the red-nosed man writhing in Mr. Weller’s grasp „ 386 The admiration of numerous elderly ladies of single condition „ 454 IN TEXT PAGE Heading to Chapter I 1 Heading to Chapter II 12 “Now then, sir,” said Sam, “off vith you, and show ’em how to do it” 18 Went slowly and gravely down the slide 21 Heading to Chapter III 26 Heading to Chapter IV 43 “If you’ll have the kindness to settle that little bill of mine I’ll thank you” 46 Heading to Chapter V 59 “Is there anybody here, named Sam?” 60 Heading to Chapter VI 78 Heading to Chapter VII 105 “Do you do anything in this way, sir?” inquired the tall footman 117[x] Heading to Chapter VIII 123 Heading to Chapter IX 136 Heading to Chapter X 151 “You’ve been stopping to over all the posts in Bristol” 156 Heading to Chapter XI 167 Heading to Chapter XII 184 “Take your hat off” 187 Heading to Chapter XIII 199 “Come on—both of you” 209 Heading to Chapter XIV 214 Heading to Chapter XV 230 After a violent struggle, released his head and face 236 Heading to Chapter XVI 246 Heading to Chapter XVII 261 Heading to Chapter XVIII 280 A shabby man in black leggings 287 Heading to Chapter XIX 292 Heading to Chapter XX 305 Heading to Chapter XXI 320 “My uncle gave a loud stamp on the boot in the energy of the moment” 338 Heading to Chapter XXII 340 Mr. Winkle senior 352 Heading to Chapter XXIII 357 Heading to Chapter XXIV 374 Heading to Chapter XXV 387 Heading to Chapter XXVI 402 His jolly red face shining with smiles and health 404 Pointed with his thumb over his shoulder 416 Heading to Chapter XXVII 420 A cold collation of an Abernethy biscuit and a saveloy 423 Heading to Chapter XXVIII 434 A little old gentleman in a suit of snuff-coloured clothes 444 Dismissed him with a harmless but ceremonious kick 448 Heading to Chapter XXIX 449 “The happiness of young people,” said Mr. Pickwick, a little moved, “has ever been the chief pleasure of my life” 451 Exchanged his old costume for the ordinary dress of Englishmen 455 Tailpiece to Chapter XXIX 457
A CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND By Charles Dickens
CHAPTER I-ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS
CHAPTER II-ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS
CHAPTER III-ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED
CHAPTER IV-ENGLAND UNDER ATHELSTAN AND THE SIX BOY-KINGS
CHAPTER V-ENGLAND UNDER CANUTE THE DANE
CHAPTER VI-ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD HAREFOOT, HARDICANUTE, AND EDWARD THE
CHAPTER VII-ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND, AND CONQUERED BY THE
CHAPTER VIII-ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE FIRST, THE NORMAN CONQUEROR
CHAPTER IX-ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE SECOND, CALLED RUFUS
CHAPTER X-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE FIRST, CALLED FINE-SCHOLAR
CHAPTER XI-ENGLAND UNDER MATILDA AND STEPHEN
CHAPTER XII-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SECOND PART THE FIRST
CHAPTER XIII-ENGLAND UNDER RICHARD THE FIRST, CALLED THE LION-HEART
CHAPTER XIV-ENGLAND UNDER KING JOHN, CALLED LACKLAND
CHAPTER XV-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE THIRD, CALLED, OF WINCHESTER
CHAPTER XVI-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE FIRST, CALLED LONGSHANKS
CHAPTER XVII-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE SECOND
CHAPTER XVIII-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE THIRD
CHAPTER XIX-ENGLAND UNDER RICHARD THE SECOND
CHAPTER XX-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE FOURTH, CALLED BOLINGBROKE
CHAPTER XXI-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE FIFTH FIRST PART
CHAPTER XXII-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SIXTH PART THE FIRST
CHAPTER XXIII-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE FOURTH
CHAPTER XXIV-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE FIFTH
CHAPTER XXV-ENGLAND UNDER RICHARD THE THIRD
CHAPTER XXVI-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SEVENTH
CHAPTER XXVII-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE EIGHTH, CALLED BLUFF KING HAL AND
CHAPTER XXVIII-ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE EIGHTH PART THE SECOND
CHAPTER XXIX-ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE SIXTH
CHAPTER XXX-ENGLAND UNDER MARY
CHAPTER XXXI-ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH
CHAPTER XXXII-ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE FIRST
CHAPTER XXXIII-ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE FIRST
CHAPTER XXXIV-ENGLAND UNDER OLIVER CROMWELL
CHAPTER XXXV-ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND, CALLED THE MERRY MONARCH
CHAPTER XXXVI-ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE SECOND
CHAPTER XXXVII
SKETCHES BY BOZ Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People By Charles Dickens With Illustrations by George Cruickshank and Phiz
OUR PARISH
CHAPTER I-THE BEADLE. THE PARISH ENGINE. THE SCHOOLMASTER
CHAPTER II-THE CURATE. THE OLD LADY. THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN
CHAPTER III-THE FOUR SISTERS
CHAPTER IV-THE ELECTION FOR BEADLE
CHAPTER V-THE BROKER'S MAN
CHAPTER VI-THE LADIES' SOCIETIES
CHAPTER VII-OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR
SCENES
CHAPTER I-THE STREETS-MORNING
CHAPTER II-THE STREETS-NIGHT
CHAPTER III-SHOPS AND THEIR TENANTS
CHAPTER IV-SCOTLAND-YARD
CHAPTER V-SEVEN DIALS
CHAPTER VI-MEDITATIONS IN MONMOUTH-STREET
CHAPTER VII-HACKNEY-COACH STANDS
CHAPTER VIII-DOCTORS' COMMONS
CHAPTER IX-LONDON RECREATIONS
CHAPTER X-THE RIVER
CHAPTER XI-ASTLEY'S
CHAPTER XII-GREENWICH FAIR
CHAPTER XIII-PRIVATE THEATRES
CHAPTER XIV-VAUXHALL-GARDENS BY DAY
CHAPTER XV-EARLY COACHES
CHAPTER XVI-OMNIBUSES
CHAPTER XVII-THE LAST CAB-DRIVER, AND THE FIRST OMNIBUS CAD
CHAPTER XVIII-A PARLIAMENTARY SKETCH
CHAPTER XIX-PUBLIC DINNERS
CHAPTER XX-THE FIRST OF MAY
CHAPTER XXI-BROKERS' AND MARINE-STORE SHOPS
CHAPTER XXII-GIN-SHOPS
CHAPTER XXIII-THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP
CHAPTER XXIV-CRIMINAL COURTS
CHAPTER XXV-A VISIT TO NEWGATE
CHARACTERS
CHAPTER I-THOUGHTS ABOUT PEOPLE
CHAPTER II-A CHRISTMAS DINNER
CHAPTER III-THE NEW YEAR
CHAPTER IV-MISS EVANS AND THE EAGLE
CHAPTER V-THE PARLOUR ORATOR
CHAPTER VI-THE HOSPITAL PATIENT
CHAPTER VII-THE MISPLACED ATTACHMENT OF MR. JOHN DOUNCE
CHAPTER VIII-THE MISTAKEN MILLINER. A TALE OF AMBITION
CHAPTER IX-THE DANCING ACADEMY
CHAPTER X-SHABBY-GENTEEL PEOPLE
CHAPTER XI-MAKING A NIGHT OF IT
CHAPTER XII-THE PRISONERS' VAN
TALES
CHAPTER I-THE BOARDING-HOUSE
CHAPTER THE SECOND.
CHAPTER II-MR. MINNS AND HIS COUSIN
CHAPTER III-SENTIMENT
CHAPTER IV-THE TUGGSES AT RAMSGATE
CHAPTER V-HORATIO SPARKINS
CHAPTER VI-THE BLACK VEIL
CHAPTER VII-THE STEAM EXCURSION
CHAPTER VIII-THE GREAT WINGLEBURY DUEL
CHAPTER IX-MRS. JOSEPH PORTER
CHAPTER X-A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. WATKINS TOTTLE
CHAPTER THE FIRST
CHAPTER THE SECOND
CHAPTER XI-THE BLOOMSBURY CHRISTENING
CHAPTER XII-THE DRUNKARD'S DEATH
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
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