CONTENTS

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The Pickwickians 1
CHAPTER II
The First Day’s Journey, and the First Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences 7
CHAPTER III
A New Acquaintance. The Stroller’s Tale. A Disagreeable Interruption, and an Unpleasant Encounter 39
CHAPTER IV
A Field-Day and Bivouac. More New Friends. An Invitation to the Country 52
CHAPTER V
A Short One. Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to Drive, and Mr. Winkle to Ride; and how they both did it 66
CHAPTER VI
An Old-fashioned Card-party. The Clergyman’s Verses. The Story of the Convict’s Return 78
CHAPTER VII
How Mr. Winkle, instead of Shooting at the Pigeon and Killing the Crow, Shot at the Crow and Wounded the Pigeon; how the Dingley Dell Cricket Club played All-Muggleton, and how All-Muggleton Dined at the Dingley Dell Expense: with other Interesting and Instructive Matters 95
CHAPTER VIII
Strongly Illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway 111
CHAPTER IX
A Discovery and a Chase 126
CHAPTER X
Clearing up all Doubts (if any Existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. Jingle’s Character 136
CHAPTER XI
Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery. Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to be Present at an Election; and containing a Manuscript of the Old Clergyman’s 152
CHAPTER XII
Descriptive of a very important Proceeding on the part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an Epoch in his Life, than in this History 173
CHAPTER XIII
Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to Serve in Parliament for that Ancient, Loyal, and Patriotic Borough 181
CHAPTER XIV
Comprising a Brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman 202
CHAPTER XV
In which is given a Faithful Portraiture of two Distinguished Persons; and an Accurate Description of a Public Breakfast in their House and Grounds: which Public Breakfast leads to the Recognition of an Old Acquaintance, and the Commencement of another Chapter 222
CHAPTER XVI
Too full of Adventure to be Briefly Described 238
CHAPTER XVII
Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism in some cases, acts as a Quickener to Inventive Genius 261
CHAPTER XVIII
Briefly illustrative of Two Points;—First, the Power of Hysterics, and, Secondly, the Force of Circumstances 271
CHAPTER XIX
A Pleasant Day, with an Unpleasant Termination 283
CHAPTER XX
Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of Pleasure; and how an affecting Interview took place between Mr. Weller and his Long-lost Parent; showing also what Choice Spirits assembled at the Magpie and Stump, and what a Capital Chapter the Next One will be 300
CHAPTER XXI
In which the Old Man launches forth into his Favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a Queer Client 319
CHAPTER XXII
Mr. Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich, and meets with a Romantic Adventure with a Middle-aged Lady in Yellow Curl-papers 338
CHAPTER XXIII
In which Mr. Samuel Weller begins to devote his Energies to the Return Match between himself and Mr. Trotter 357
CHAPTER XXIV
Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the Middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the Grasp of the Law 367
CHAPTER XXV
Showing, among a variety of Pleasant Matters, how Majestic and Impartial Mr. Nupkins was, and how Mr. Weller returned Mr. Job Trotter’s Shuttlecock as heavily as it came. With anothe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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