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
1
What Christmas is as we Grow Older
23
The Poor Relation’s Story
31
The Child’s Story
47
The Schoolboy’s Story
55
Nobody’s Story
69
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
1
Barbox Brothers & Co.
By Charles Dickens
43
Main Line: The Boy at Mugby.
By Charles Dickens
72
No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman.
By Charles Dickens
89
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
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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