Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles Dickens

# Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles Dickens ### By Dickens, Charles

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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

## LITTLE DORRIT

## 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

CONTENTS

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

CONTENTS

!!!! 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

George Cattermole

232

Death of Master Graham

237

A Charming Fellow

Phiz

240

The Two Friends

246

Hunted Down

George Cattermole

254

Mr. Pickwick introduces himself to Master Humphrey

Phiz

259

Will Marks reading the News concerning Witches

George Cattermole

266

Will Marks takes up his position for the night

Phiz

270

Will Marks arrives at the Church

George Cattermole

277

Tony Weller and his Grandson

Phiz

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

George Cattermole

318

AND PICTURES FROM ITALY By Charles Dickens With 8 Illustrations By Marcus Stone

CONTENTS

The Reader’s Passport

215

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

277

By Verona, Mantua, and Milan, across the Pass of the Simplon into Switzerland

284

To Rome by Pisa and Siena

297

Rome

308

A Rapid Diorama

345 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Civil and Military

Marcus Stone, R.A.

218

Italian Peasants

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250

The Chiffonier

,, ,, ,,

294

In the Catacombs

,, ,, ,,

326

AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION By Charles Dickens CONTENTS

Dedication of “American Notes”

Preface to the First Cheap Edition of “American Notes”

vii

Preface to the “Charles Dickens” Edition of “American Notes”

AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION

## CHAPTER I

Going Away

## CHAPTER II

The Passage out

## CHAPTER III

Boston

## CHAPTER IV

An American Railroad. Lowell and its Factory System

## CHAPTER V

Worcester. The Connecticut River. Hartford. New Haven. To New York

## CHAPTER VI

New York

## CHAPTER VII

Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison

## CHAPTER VIII

Washington. The Legislature. And the President’s House

## 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

PAGE

Emigrants

Marcus Stone, R.A.

Frontispiece

The Solitary Prisoner

Black and White

112

The Little Wife

144

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP By Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

## 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

CONTENTS

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

PAGE

## CHAPTER I

The One Thing Needful

## CHAPTER II

Murdering the Innocents

## CHAPTER III

A Loophole

## CHAPTER IV

Mr. Bounderby

## CHAPTER V

The Keynote

## CHAPTER VI

Sleary’s Horsemanship

## CHAPTER VII

Mrs. Sparsit

## CHAPTER VIII

Never Wonder

## CHAPTER IX

Sissy’s Progress

## CHAPTER X

Stephen Blackpool

## CHAPTER XI

No Way Out

## CHAPTER XII

The Old Woman

## CHAPTER XIII

Rachael

## CHAPTER XIV

The Great Manufacturer

## CHAPTER XV

Father and Daughter

## CHAPTER XVI

Husband and Wife

BOOK THE SECOND. REAPING

## CHAPTER I

Effects in the Bank

## CHAPTER II

Mr. James Harthouse

## CHAPTER III

The Whelp

101

## CHAPTER IV

Men and Brothers

111

## CHAPTER V

Men and Masters

105

## CHAPTER VI

Fading Away

116

## CHAPTER VII

Gunpowder

126

## CHAPTER VIII

Explosion

136

## CHAPTER IX

Hearing the Last of it

146

## CHAPTER X

Mrs. Sparsit’s Staircase

152

## CHAPTER XI

Lower and Lower

156

## CHAPTER XII

Down

163

BOOK THE THIRD. GARNERING

## CHAPTER I

Another Thing Needful

167

## CHAPTER II

Very Ridiculous

172

## CHAPTER III

Very Decided

179

## CHAPTER IV

Lost

186

## CHAPTER V

Found

193

## CHAPTER VI

The Starlight

200

## CHAPTER VII

Whelp-Hunting

208

## CHAPTER VIII

Philosophical

216

## CHAPTER IX

Final

222 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Stephen and Rachael in the Sick-room

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

CONTENTS

## 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

CONTENTS

PAGE

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

CONTENTS

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

PAGE

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 A. Zoology and Botany

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

CONTENTS

THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

His General Line of Business

The Shipwreck

III

Wapping Workhouse

Two Views of a Cheap Theatre

Poor Mercantile Jack

Refreshments for Travellers

VII

Travelling Abroad

VIII

The Great Tasmania’s Cargo

City of London Churches

Shy Neighbourhoods

Tramps

XII

Dullborough Town

XIII

Night Walks

102

XIV

Chambers

110

Nurse’s Stories

120

XVI

Arcadian London

129

XVII

The Italian Prisoner

137

XVIII

The Calais Night Mail

145

XIX

Some Recollections of Mortality

152

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

202

XXVI

Chatham Dockyard

210

XXVII

In the French-Flemish Country

217

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

284

XXXVII

A Plea for Total Abstinence

288 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER

Time and his Wife

Frontispiece

A Cheap Theatre

The City Personage

Titbull’s Alms-Houses

242

SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES By Charles Dickens CONTENTS

PAGE

An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.

447

The Young Couple

451

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

481

The Couple Who Coddle Themselves

485

The Old Couple

489

Conclusion

493

BARNABY RUDGE A Tale Of The Riots Of ‘Eighty

by Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

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

CONTENTS

PAGE

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

Conclusion

443

LITTLE DORRIT By Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

Preface to the 1857 Edition

BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY

1. Sun and Shadow

2. Fellow Travellers

3. Home

4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream

5. Family Affairs

6. The Father of the Marshalsea

7. The Child of the Marshalsea

8. The Lock

9. little Mother

10. Containing the whole Science of Government

11. Let Loose

12. Bleeding Heart Yard

13. Patriarchal

14. Little Dorrit’s Party

15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream

16. Nobody’s Weakness

17. Nobody’s Rival

18. Little Dorrit’s Lover

19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations

20. Moving in Society

21. Mr Merdle’s Complaint

22. A Puzzle

23. Machinery in Motion

24. Fortune-Telling

25. Conspirators and Others

26. Nobody’s State of Mind

27. Five-and-Twenty

28. Nobody’s Disappearance

29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming

30. The Word of a Gentleman

31. Spirit

32. More Fortune-Telling

33. Mrs Merdle’s Complaint

34. A Shoal of Barnacles

35. What was behind Mr Pancks on Little Dorrit’s Hand

36. The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan

BOOK THE SECOND: RICHES

1. Fellow Travellers

2. Mrs General

3. On the Road

4. A Letter from Little Dorrit

5. Something Wrong Somewhere

6. Something Right Somewhere

7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism

8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ‘It Never Does’

9. Appearance and Disappearance

10. The Dreams of Mrs Flintwinch thicken

11. A Letter from Little Dorrit

12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden

13. The Progress of an Epidemic

14. Taking Advice

15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons should not be joined together

16. Getting on

17. Missing

18. A Castle in the Air

19. The Storming of the Castle in the Air

20. Introduces the next

21. The History of a Self-Tormentor

22. Who Passes by this Road so late?

23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise, respecting her Dreams

24. The Evening of a Long Day

25. The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office

26. Reaping the Whirlwind

27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea

28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

29. A Plea in the Marshalsea

30. Closing in

31. Closed

32. Going

33. Going!

34. Gone

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, by Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

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

CONTENTS

PREFACE

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

CONTENTS

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

CONTENTS

The Haunted House

121

The Trial For Murder

303

The Signal-Man

312

GREAT EXPECTATIONS [1867 Edition] by Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

## 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.

PAGE

A Christmas Tree

What Christmas is as we Grow Older

The Poor Relation’s Story

The Child’s Story

The Schoolboy’s Story

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

page

Barbox Brothers.

By Charles Dickens

Barbox Brothers & Co.

By Charles Dickens

Main Line: The Boy at Mugby.

By Charles Dickens

No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman.

By Charles Dickens

No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver.

By Andrew Halliday

111

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

CONTENTS

## 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

CONTENTS

## 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

CONTENTS

PREFACE

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

By Charles Dickens

CONTENTS

## 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