Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## VANITY FAIR
## THE ROSE AND THE RING
THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL TITMARSH
## CATHERINE A STORY
## MEN'S WIVES
## THE BEDFORD-ROW CONSPIRACY
## THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.
## ROUNDABOUT PAPERS
## THE SECOND FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON
JOHN LEECH'S PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
## BURLESQUES
## THE BOOK OF SNOBS
## THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS
## BALLADS
## THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK
## MEMOIRS OF MR. YELLOWPLUSH
## THE WOLVES AND THE LAMB
## THE FITZ-BOODLE PAPERS
## LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES
## THE FATAL BOOTS
## A LITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S
## BARRY LYNDON
## THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS
## THE NEWCOMES
## THE VIRGINIANS
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN
## HENRY ESMOND; THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS
## THACKERAYANA
## DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS
THE MAHOGANY TREE
## JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO
## THE ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
Vanity Fair
by
William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
I Chiswick Mall
II In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign
III Rebecca Is in Presence of the Enemy
IV The Green Silk Purse
V Dobbin of Ours
VI Vauxhall
VII Crawley of Queen's Crawley
VIII Private and Confidential
IX Family Portraits
X Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
XI Arcadian Simplicity
XII Quite a Sentimental Chapter
XIII Sentimental and Otherwise
XIV Miss Crawley at Home
XV In Which Rebecca's Husband Appears for a Short Time
XVI The Letter on the Pincushion
XVII How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano
XVIII Who Played on the Piano Captain Dobbin Bought
XIX Miss Crawley at Nurse
XX In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen
XXI A Quarrel About an Heiress
XXII A Marriage and Part of a Honeymoon
XXIII Captain Dobbin Proceeds on His Canvass
XXIV In Which Mr. Osborne Takes Down the Family Bible
XXV In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton
XXVI Between London and Chatham
XXVII In Which Amelia Joins Her Regiment
XXVIII In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries
XXIX Brussels
XXX "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
XXXI In Which Jos Sedley Takes Care of His Sister
XXXII In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close
XXXIII In Which Miss Crawley's Relations Are Very Anxious About Her
XXXIV James Crawley's Pipe Is Put Out
XXXV Widow and Mother
XXXVI How to Live Well on Nothing a Year
XXXVII The Subject Continued
XXXVIII A Family in a Very Small Way
XXXIX A Cynical Chapter
XL In Which Becky Is Recognized by the Family
XLI In Which Becky Revisits the Halls of Her Ancestors
XLII Which Treats of the Osborne Family
XLIII In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape
XLIV A Round-about Chapter between London and Hampshire
XLV Between Hampshire and London
XLVI Struggles and Trials
XLVII Gaunt House
XLVIII In Which the Reader Is Introduced to the Very Best of Company
XLIX In Which We Enjoy Three Courses and a Dessert
L Contains a Vulgar Incident
LI In Which a Charade Is Acted Which May or May Not Puzzle the Reader
LII In Which Lord Steyne Shows Himself in a Most Amiable Light
LIII A Rescue and a Catastrophe
LIV Sunday After the Battle
LV In Which the Same Subject is Pursued
LVI Georgy is Made a Gentleman
LVII Eothen
LVIII Our Friend the Major
LIX The Old Piano
LX Returns to the Genteel World
LXI In Which Two Lights are Put Out
LXII Am Rhein
LXIII In Which We Meet an Old Acquaintance
LXIV A Vagabond Chapter
LXV Full of Business and Pleasure
LXVI Amantium Irae
LXVII Which Contains Births, Marriages, and Deaths
THE ROSE AND THE RING
by William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
PRELUDE
THE ROSE AND THE RING
I. SHOWS HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY SATE DOWN TO BREAKFAST
II. HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT
III. TELLS WHO THE FAIRY BLACKSTICK WAS
IV. HOW BLACKSTICK WAS NOT ASKED TO THE PRINCESS ANGELICA’S CHRISTENING
V. HOW PRINCESS ANGELICA TOOK A LITTLE MAID
VI. HOW PRINCE GIGLIO BEHAVED HIMSELF
VII. HOW GIGLIO AND ANGELICA HAD A QUARREL
VIII. HOW GRUFFANUFF PICKED THE FAIRY RING UP
IX. HOW BETSINDA GOT THE WARMING PAN
X. HOW KING VALOROSO WAS IN A DREADFUL PASSION
XI. WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA
XII. HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER
XIII. HOW QUEEN ROSALBA CAME TO THE CASTLE OF THE BOLD COUNT HOGGINARMO
XIV. WHAT BECAME OF GIGLIO
XV. WE RETURN TO ROSALBA
XVI. HOW HEDZOFF RODE BACK AGAIN TO KING GIGLIO
XVII. HOW A TREMENDOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE, AND WHO WON IT
XVIII. HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL
XIX. AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST SCENE IN THE PANTOMIME
CATHERINE: A STORY
by William Makepeace Thackeray
[Catherine, A Story by Ikey Solomons, Esq., Junior.]
CONTENTS
ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING TO THE READER THE CHIEF PERSONAGE OF THIS NARRATIVE.
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH ARE DEPICTED THE PLEASURES OF A SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENT.
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH A NARCOTIC IS ADMINISTERED, AND A GREAT DEAL OF GENTEEL SOCIETY DEPICTED.
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH MRS. CATHERINE BECOMES AN HONEST WOMAN AGAIN.
CHAPTER V. CONTAINS MR. BROCK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND OTHER MATTERS.
CHAPTER VI. ADVENTURES OF THE AMBASSADOR, MR. MACSHANE.
CHAPTER VII. WHICH EMBRACES A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.
CHAPTER VIII. ENUMERATES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MASTER THOMAS BILLINGS—INTRODUCES BROCK AS DOCTOR WOOD—AND ANNOUNCES THE EXECUTION OF ENSIGN MACSHANE.
CHAPTER IX. INTERVIEW BETWEEN COUNT GALGENSTEIN AND MASTER THOMAS BILLINGS, WHEN HE INFORMS THE COUNT OF HIS PARENTAGE.
CHAPTER X. SHOWING HOW GALGENSTEIN AND MRS. CAT RECOGNISE EACH OTHER IN MARYLEBONE GARDENS—AND HOW THE COUNT DRIVES HER HOME IN HIS CARRIAGE.
CHAPTER XI. OF SOME DOMESTIC QUARRELS, AND THE CONSEQUENCE THEREOF.
CHAPTER XII. TREATS OF LOVE, AND PREPARES FOR DEATH.
CHAPTER XIII. BEING A PREPARATION FOR THE END.
CHAPTER THE LAST.
ANOTHER LAST CHAPTER.
MEN'S WIVES
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
MEN'S WIVES, BY G. FITZ-BOODLE
THE RAVENSWING
CHAPTER I. WHICH IS ENTIRELY INTRODUCTORY—CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF MISS CRUMP, HER SUITORS, AND HER FAMILY CIRCLE.
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH MR. WALKER MAKES THREE ATTEMPTS TO ASCERTAIN THE DWELLING OF MORGIANA.
CHAPTER III. WHAT CAME OF MR WALKER'S DISCOVERY OF THE “BOOTJACK.”
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE HEROINE HAS A NUMBER MORE LOVERS, AND CUTS A VERY DASHING FIGURE IN THE WORLD.
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH MR. WALKER FALLS INTO DIFFICULTIES, AND MRS. WALKER MAKES MANY FOOLISH ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE HIM.
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH MR. WALKER STILL REMAINS IN DIFFICULTIES, BUT SHOWS GREAT RESIGNATION UNDER HIS MISFORTUNES.
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH MORGIANA ADVANCES TOWARDS FAME AND HONOUR, AND IN WHICH SEVERAL GREAT LITERARY CHARACTERS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE.
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH MR. WALKER SHOWS GREAT PRUDENCE AND FORBEARANCE.
MR. AND MRS. FRANK BERRY.
CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT AT SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
CHAPTER II. THE COMBAT AT VERSAILLES.
DENNIS HAGGARTY'S WIFE.
FOOTNOTES
THE BEDFORD-ROW CONSPIRACY
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
THE BEDFORD-ROW CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ.
A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND.
BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND
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.
BOOK III. THE END OF MR. ESMOND'S ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND
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.
ROUNDABOUT PAPERS
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
ROUNDABOUT PAPERS.
ON A LAZY IDLE BOY.
ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK.
ON RIBBONS.
ON SOME LATE GREAT VICTORIES.
THORNS IN THE CUSHION.
ON SCREENS IN DINING-ROOMS.
TUNBRIDGE TOYS.
DE JUVENTUTE.
ON A JOKE I ONCE HEARD FROM THE LATE THOMAS HOOD.
ROUND ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
ON A CHALK-MARK ON THE DOOR
ON BEING FOUND OUT.
ON A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
SMALL-BEER CHRONICLE.
OGRES.
ON TWO ROUNDABOUT PAPERS WHICH I INTENDED TO WRITE.
A MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE.
ON LETTS'S DIARY.
NOTES OF A WEEK'S HOLIDAY.
NIL NISI BONUM.
ON HALF A LOAF.
THE NOTCH ON THE AXE.—A STORY A LA MODE.
DE FINIBUS.
ON A PEAL OF BELLS.
ON A PEAR-TREE.
DESSEIN'S.
ON SOME CARP AT SANS SOUCI.
AUTOUR DE MON CHAPEAU.
ON ALEXANDRINES.
ON A MEDAL OF GEORGE THE FOURTH.
“STRANGE TO SAY, ON CLUB PAPER.”
THE LAST SKETCH.
THE SECOND FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON
by William Makepeace Thackeray
AKA Michael Angelo Titmarch.
Contents
I.—ON THE DISINTERMENT OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.
II.—ON THE VOYAGE FROM ST. HELENA TO PARIS.
III.—ON THE FUNERAL CEREMONY.
BURLESQUES
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS.
GEORGE DE BARNWELL
CODLINGSBY.
PHIL FOGARTY.
BARBAZURE.
LORDS AND LIVERIES.
CRINOLINE.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
A PLAN FOR A PRIZE NOVEL.
THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ.,
THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.
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.
REBECCA AND ROWENA.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
COX'S DIARY.
THE BOOK OF SNOBS
By One Of Themselves
(William Makepeace Thackeray)
CONTENTS
PREFATORY REMARKS
CHAPTER I—THE SNOB PLAYFULLY DEALT WITH
CHAPTER II—THE SNOB ROYAL
CHAPTER III—THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARISTOCRACY ON SNOBS
CHAPTER IV—THE COURT CIRCULAR, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SNOBS
CHAPTER V—WHAT SNOBS ADMIRE
CHAPTER VI—ON SOME RESPECTABLE SNOBS
CHAPTER VII—ON SOME RESPECTABLE SNOBS
CHAPTER VIII—GREAT CITY SNOBS
CHAPTER IX—ON SOME MILITARY SNOBS
CHAPTER X—MILITARY SNOBS
CHAPTER XI—ON CLERICAL SNOBS
CHAPTER XII—ON CLERICAL SNOBS AND SNOBBISHNESS
CHAPTER XIII—ON CLERICAL SNOBS
CHAPTER XIV—ON UNIVERSITY SNOBS
CHAPTER XV—ON UNIVERSITY SNOBS
CHAPTER XVI—ON LITERARY SNOBS
CHAPTER XVII—A LITTLE ABOUT IRISH SNOBS
CHAPTER XVIII—PARTY-GIVING SNOBS
CHAPTER XIX—DINING-OUT SNOBS
CHAPTER XX—DINNER-GIVING SNOBS FURTHER CONSIDERED
CHAPTER XXI—SOME CONTINENTAL SNOBS
CHAPTER XXII—CONTINENTAL SNOBBERY CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXIII—ENGLISH SNOBS ON THE CONTINENT
CHAPTER XXIV—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXV—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXVI—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXVII—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXVIII—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXIX—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXX—ON SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXXI—A VISIT TO SOME COUNTRY SNOBS
CHAPTER XXXII—SNOBBIUM GATHERUM
CHAPTER XXXIII—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXXIV—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXXV—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXXVI—SNOBS AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXXVII—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XXXVIII—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XXXIX—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XL—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XLI—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XLII—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XLIII—CLUB SNOBS
CHAPTER XLIV—CLUB SNOBS
CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON SNOBS
THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS
of
MR. M. A. TITMARSH
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
MRS. PERKINS'S BALL.
OUR STREET
DOCTOR BIRCH AND HIS YOUNG FRIENDS
THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE.
THE ROSE AND THE RING:
BALLADS
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
BALLADS.
THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM
ABD-EL-KADER AT TOULON.
THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT.
THE WHITE SQUALL.
PEG OF LIMAVADDY.
MAY-DAY ODE.
THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE.
THE MAHOGANY TREE.
THE YANKEE VOLUNTEERS.
THE PEN AND THE ALBUM.
MRS. KATHERINE'S LANTERN.
LUCY'S BIRTHDAY.
THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.
PISCATOR AND PISCATRIX.
THE ROSE UPON MY BALCONY.
RONSARD TO HIS MISTRESS.
AT THE CHURCH GATE.
THE AGE OF WISDOM.
SORROWS OF WERTHER.
A DOE IN THE CITY.
THE LAST OF MAY.
"AH, BLEAK AND BARREN WAS THE MOOR."
SONG OF THE VIOLET.
FAIRY DAYS.
POCAHONTAS.
FROM POCAHONTAS.
LOVE-SONGS MADE EASY.
WHAT MAKES MY HEART TO THRILL AND GLOW?
THE GHAZUL, OR ORIENTAL LOVE-SONG.
THE MERRY BARD.
THE CAÏQUE.
MY NORA.
TO MARY.
SERENADE.
THE MINARET BELLS.
COME TO THE GREENWOOD TREE.
FIVE GERMAN DITTIES.
A TRAGIC STORY.
THE CHAPLET.
THE KING ON THE TOWER.
ON A VERY OLD WOMAN.
A CREDO.
FOUR IMITATIONS OF BÉRANGER.
THE KING OF YVETOT.
THE KING OF BRENTFORD.
THE GARRET.
ROGER-BONTEMPS.
JOLLY JACK.
IMITATION OF HORACE.
AD MINISTRAM.
OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES.
THE KNIGHTLY GUERDON.*
THE ALMACK'S ADIEU.
WHEN THE GLOOM IS ON THE GLEN.
THE RED FLAG.
DEAR JACK.
COMMANDERS OF THE FAITHFUL.
WHEN MOONLIKE ORE THE HAZURE SEAS.
KING CANUTE.
FRIAR'S SONG.
ATRA CURA.
REQUIESCAT.
LINES UPON MY SISTER'S PORTRAIT.
THE LEGEND OF ST. SOPHIA OF KIOFF.
TITMARSH'S CARMEN LILLIENSE.
THE WILLOW-TREE.
THE WILLOW-TREE.
LYRA HIBERNICA
THE PIMLICO PAVILION.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
MOLONY'S LAMENT.
MR. MOLONY'S ACCOUNT OF THE BALL.
THE BATTLE OF LIMERICK.
LARRY O'TOOLE.
THE ROSE OF FLORA.
THE LAST IRISH GRIEVANCE.
THE BALLADS OF POLICEMAN X.
THE WOLFE NEW BALLAD OF JANE RONEY AND MARY BROWN.
THE THREE CHRISTMAS WAITS.
LINES ON A LATE HOSPICIOUS EWENT.*
THE BALLAD OF ELIZA DAVIS.
DAMAGES, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
THE KNIGHT AND THE LADY.
JACOB HOMNIUM'S HOSS.
THE SPECULATORS.
A WOEFUL NEW BALLAD
THE LAMENTABLE BALLAD OF THE FOUNDLING OF SHOREDITCH.
THE ORGAN-BOY'S APPEAL.
LITTLE BILLEE.*
THE END OF THE PLAY.
VANITAS VANITATUM.
THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK
OF MR. M. A. TITMARSH
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
DEDICATORY LETTER
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.
AN INVASION OF FRANCE.
A CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.
THE FÊTES OF JULY.
ON THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF PAINTING:
THE PAINTER'S BARGAIN.
A GAMBLER'S DEATH.
NAPOLEON AND HIS SYSTEM.
THE STORY OF MARY ANCEL.
BEATRICE MERGER.
CARICATURES AND LITHOGRAPHY IN PARIS.
LITTLE POINSINET.
THE DEVIL'S WAGER.
MADAME SAND AND THE NEW APOCALYPSE.
THE CASE OF PEYTEL:
FOUR IMITATIONS OF BÉRANGER
LE ROI D'YVETOT.
THE KING OF BRENTFORD. ANOTHER VERSION.
LE GRENIER.
THE GARRET.
ROGER-BONTEMPS.
JOLLY JACK.
FRENCH DRAMAS AND MELODRAMAS.
MEDITATIONS AT VERSAILLES.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSH
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSH
MISS SHUM'S HUSBAND.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
THE AMOURS OF MR. DEUCEACE.
FORING PARTS.
MR. DEUCEACE AT PARIS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
MR. YELLOWPLUSH'S AJEW.
EPISTLES TO THE LITERATI.
THE WOLVES AND THE LAMB
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
THE WOLVES AND THE LAMB.
ACT I.
ACT II.
THE FITZ-BOODLE PAPERS.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
FITZ-BOODLE'S CONFESSIONS.
PREFACE.
DOROTHEA.
OTTILIA.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
FITZ-BOODLE'S PROFESSIONS.
FIRST PROFESSION.
SECOND PROFESSION.
LITTLE TRAVELS
AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES
By William Makepeace Thackeray (AKA Titmarsh)
Contents
LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES
I.—FROM RICHMOND IN SURREY TO BRUSSELS IN BELGIUM
II.—GHENT—BRUGES.
III.—WATERLOO.
THE FATAL BOOTS.
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Contents
THE FATAL BOOTS
JANUARY.—THE BIRTH OF THE YEAR.
FEBRUARY.—CUTTING WEATHER.
MARCH.—SHOWERY.
APRIL.—FOOLING.
MAY.—RESTORATION DAY.
JUNE.—MARROWBONES AND CLEAVERS.
JULY.—SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS.
AUGUST.—DOGS HAVE THEIR DAYS.
SEPTEMBER.—PLUCKING A GOOSE.
OCTOBER.—MARS AND VENUS IN OPPOSITION.
NOVEMBER.—A GENERAL POST DELIVERY.
DECEMBER.—“THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT.”
A LITTLE DINNER AT TIMMINS'S.
by William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
BARRY LYNDON
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
THE MEMOIRES OF BARRY LYNDON, ESQ.
CHAPTER I. MY PEDIGREE AND FAMILY—UNDERGO THE INFLUENCE OF THE TENDER
CHAPTER II. I SHOW MYSELF TO BE A MAN OF SPIRIT
CHAPTER III. A FALSE START IN THE GENTEEL WORLD
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH BARRY TAKES A NEAR VIEW OF MILITARY GLORY
CHAPTER V. BARRY FAR FROM MILITARY GLORY
CHAPTER VI. THE CRIMP WAGGON—MILITARY EPISODES
CHAPTER VII. BARRY LEADS A GARRISON LIFE, AND FINDS MANY FRIENDS THERE
CHAPTER VIII. BARRY’S ADIEU TO MILITARY PROFESSION
CHAPTER IX. I APPEAR IN A MANNER BECOMING MY NAME AND LINEAGE
CHAPTER X. MORE RUNS OF LUCK
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE LUCK GOES AGAINST BARRY
CHAPTER XII. TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PRINCESS OF X——
CHAPTER XIII. I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A MAN OF FASHION
CHAPTER XIV. I RETURN TO IRELAND, AND EXHIBIT MY SPLENDOUR AND
CHAPTER XV. I PAY COURT TO MY LADY LYNDON
CHAPTER XVI. I PROVIDE NOBLY FOR MY FAMILY
CHAPTER XVII. I APPEAR AS AN ORNAMENT OF ENGLISH SOCIETY
CHAPTER XVIII. MY GOOD FORTUNE BEGINS TO WAVER
CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION
THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PENDENNIS
CHAPTER I. Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast
CHAPTER II. A Pedigree and other Family Matters
CHAPTER III. In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed
CHAPTER IV. Mrs. Haller
CHAPTER V. Mrs. Haller at Home
CHAPTER VI. Contains both Love and War
CHAPTER VII. In which the Major makes his Appearance
CHAPTER VIII. In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader while the Reader is informed who little Laura was
CHAPTER IX. In which the Major opens the Campaign
CHAPTER X. Facing the Enemy
CHAPTER XI. Negotiation
CHAPTER XII. In which a Shooting Match is proposed
CHAPTER XIII. A Crisis
CHAPTER XIV. In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement
CHAPTER XV. The happy Village
CHAPTER XVI. More Storms in the Puddle
CHAPTER XVII. Which concludes the first Part of this History
CHAPTER XVIII. Alma Mater
CHAPTER XIX. Pendennis of Boniface
CHAPTER XX. Rake's Progress
CHAPTER XXI. Flight after Defeat
CHAPTER XXII. Prodigal's Return
CHAPTER XXIII. New Faces
CHAPTER XXIV. A Little Innocent
CHAPTER XXV. Contains both Love and Jealousy
CHAPTER XXVI. A House full of Visitors
CHAPTER XXVII. Contains some Ball-practising
CHAPTER XXVIII. Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental
CHAPTER XXIX. Babylon
CHAPTER XXX. The Knights of the Temple
CHAPTER XXXI. Old and new Acquaintances
CHAPTER XXXII. In which the Printer's Devil comes to the Door
CHAPTER XXXIII. Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill
CHAPTER XXXIV. In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street
CHAPTER XXXV. Dinner in the Row
CHAPTER XXXVI. The Pall Mall Gazette
CHAPTER XXXVII. Where Pen appears in Town and Country
CHAPTER XXXVIII. In which the Sylph reappears
CHAPTER XXXIX. Colonel Altamont appears and disappears
CHAPTER XL. Relates to Mr. Harry Foker's Affairs
CHAPTER XLI. Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich
CHAPTER XLII. Contains a novel Incident
CHAPTER XLIII. Alsatia
CHAPTER XLIV. In which the Colonel narrates some of his Adventures
CHAPTER XLV. A Chapter of Conversations
CHAPTER XLVI. Miss Amory's Partners
CHAPTER XLVII. Monseigneur s'amuse
CHAPTER XLVIII. A Visit of Politeness
CHAPTER XLIX. In Shepherd's Inn
CHAPTER L. Or near the Temple Garden
CHAPTER LI. The happy Village again
CHAPTER LII. Which had very nearly been the last of the Story
CHAPTER LIII. A critical Chapter
CHAPTER LIV. Convalescence
CHAPTER LV. Fanny's Occupation's gone
CHAPTER LVI. In which Fanny engages a new Medical Man
CHAPTER LVII. Foreign Ground
CHAPTER LVIII. "Fairoaks to let”
CHAPTER LIX. Old Friends
CHAPTER LX. Explanations
CHAPTER LXI. Conversations
CHAPTER LXII. The Way of the World
CHAPTER LXIII. Which accounts perhaps for Chapter LXI.
CHAPTER LXIV. Phyllis and Corydon
CHAPTER LXV. Temptation
CHAPTER LXVI. In which Pen begins his Canvass
CHAPTER LXVII. In which Pen begins to doubt about his Election
CHAPTER LXVIII. In which the Major is bidden to Stand and Deliver
CHAPTER LXIX. In which the Major neither yields his Money nor his Life
CHAPTER LXX. In which Pendennis counts his Eggs
CHAPTER LXXI. Fiat Justitia
CHAPTER LXXII. In which the Decks begin to clear
CHAPTER LXXIII. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huxter
CHAPTER LXXIV. Shows how Arthur had better have taken a Return-ticket
CHAPTER LXXV. A Chapter of Match-making
CHAPTER LXXVI. Exeunt Omnes
THE NEWCOMES
MEMOIRS OF A MOST RESPECTABLE FAMILY
Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
THE NEWCOMES
CHAPTER I. The Overture—After which the Curtain rises upon a Drinking Chorus
CHAPTER II. Colonel Newcome's Wild Oats
CHAPTER III. Colonel Newcome's Letter-box
CHAPTER IV. In which the Author and the Hero resume their Acquaintance
CHAPTER V. Clive's Uncles
CHAPTER VI. Newcome Brothers
CHAPTER VII. In which Mr. Clive's School-days are over
CHAPTER VIII. Mrs. Newcome at Home (a Small Early Party)
CHAPTER IX. Miss Honeyman's
CHAPTER X. Ethel and her Relations
CHAPTER XI. At Mrs. Ridley's
CHAPTER XII. In which everybody is asked to Dinner
CHAPTER XIII. In which Thomas Newcome sings his Last Song
CHAPTER XIV. Park Lane
CHAPTER XV. The Old Ladies
CHAPTER XVI. In which Mr. Sherrick lets his House in Fitzroy Square
CHAPTER XVII. A School of Art
CHAPTER XVIII. New Companions
CHAPTER XIX. The Colonel at Home
CHAPTER XX. Contains more Particulars of the Colonel and his Brethren
CHAPTER XXI. Is Sentimental, but Short
CHAPTER XXII. Describes a Visit to Paris; with Accidents and Incidents
CHAPTER XXIII. In which we hear a Soprano and a Contralto
CHAPTER XXIV. In which the Newcome Brothers once more meet together in
CHAPTER XXV. Is passed in a Public-house
CHAPTER XXVI. In which Colonel Newcome's Horses are sold
CHAPTER XXVII. Youth and Sunshine
CHAPTER XXVIII. In which Clive begins to see the World
CHAPTER XXIX. In which Barnes comes a-wooing
CHAPTER XXX. A Retreat
CHAPTER XXXI. Madame la Duchesse
CHAPTER XXXII. Barnes's Courtship
CHAPTER XXXIII. Lady Kew at the Congress
CHAPTER XXXIV. The End of the Congress of Baden
CHAPTER XXXV. Across the Alps
CHAPTER XXXVI. In which M. de Florac is promoted
CHAPTER XXXVII. Return to Lord Kew
CHAPTER XXXVIII. In which Lady Kew leaves his Lordship quite convalescent
CHAPTER XXXIX. Amongst the Painters
CHAPTER XL. Returns from Rome to Pall Mall
CHAPTER XLI. An Old Story
CHAPTER XLII. Injured Innocence
CHAPTER XLIII. Returns to some Old Friends
CHAPTER XLIV. In which Mr. Charles Honeyman appears in an Amiable Light
CHAPTER XLV. A Stag of Ten
CHAPTER XLVI. The Hotel de Florac
CHAPTER XLVII. Contains two or three Acts of a Little Comedy
CHAPTER XLVIII. In which Benedick is a Married Man
CHAPTER XLIX. Contains at least six more Courses and two Desserts
CHAPTER L. Clive in New Quarters
CHAPTER LI. An Old Friend
CHAPTER LII. Family Secrets
CHAPTER LIII. In which Kinsmen fall out
CHAPTER LIV. Has a Tragical Ending
CHAPTER LV. Barnes's Skeleton Closet
CHAPTER LVI. Rosa quo locorum sera moratur
CHAPTER LVII. Rosebury and Newcome
CHAPTER LVIII. "One more Unfortunate”
CHAPTER LIX. In which Achilles loses Briseis
CHAPTER LX. In which we write to the Colonel
CHAPTER LXI. In which we are introduced to a New Newcome
CHAPTER LXII. Mr. and Mrs. Clive Newcome
CHAPTER LXIII. Mrs. Clive at Home
CHAPTER LXIV. Absit Omen
CHAPTER LXV. In which Mrs. Clive comes into her Fortune
CHAPTER LXVI. In which the Colonel and the Newcome Athenaeum are both lectured
CHAPTER LXVII. Newcome and Liberty
CHAPTER LXVIII. A Letter and a Reconciliation
CHAPTER LXIX. The Election
CHAPTER LXX. Chiltern Hundreds
CHAPTER LXXI. In which Mrs. Clive Newcome's Carriage is ordered
CHAPTER LXXII. Belisarius
CHAPTER LXXIII. In which Belisarius returns from Exile
CHAPTER LXXIV. In which Clive begins the World
CHAPTER LXXV. Founder's Day at the Grey Friars
CHAPTER LXXVI. Christmas at Rosebury
CHAPTER LXXVII. The Shortest and Happiest in the Whole History
CHAPTER LXXVIII. In which the Author goes on a Pleasant Errand
CHAPTER LXXIX. In which Old Friends come together
CHAPTER LXXX. In which the Colonel says “Adsum” when his Name is called
THE VIRGINIANS
A TALE OF THE LAST CENTURY
By William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
THE VIRGINIANS
CHAPTER I. In which one of the Virginians visits home