THE PICKWICK PAPERS

       By Charles Dickens

       Contents

       THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB CHAPTER I. THE PICKWICKIANS

       CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY'S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING'S ADVENTURES; CHAPTER III. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE--THE STROLLER'S TALE

       CHAPTER IV. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC--MORE NEW FRIENDS CHAPTER V. A SHORT ONE--SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS

       CHAPTER VI. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY--THE CLERGYMAN'S VERSES CHAPTER VII. HOW Mr. WINKLE, INSTEAD OF SHOOTING AT THE PIGEON CHAPTER VIII. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION

       CHAPTER IX. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE

       CHAPTER X. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED)

       CHAPTER XI. INVOLVING ANOTHER JOURNEY, AND AN ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY CHAPTER XII. DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING

       CHAPTER XIII. SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIES CHAPTER XIV. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH IS GIVEN A FAITHFUL PORTRAITURE

       CHAPTER XVI. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED CHAPTER XVII. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM CHAPTER XVIII. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS

       CHAPTER XIX. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION CHAPTER XX. SHOWING HOW DODSON AND FOGG WERE MEN OF BUSINESS CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH

       CHAPTER XXII. Mr. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH Mr. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES CHAPTER XXIV. WHEREIN Mr. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS

       CHAPTER XXV. SHOWING, AMONG A VARIETY OF PLEASANT MATTERS, HOW MAJESTIC CHAPTER XXVI. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS

       CHAPTER XXVII. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING CHAPTER XXVIII. A GOOD-HUMOURED CHRISTMAS CHAPTER CHAPTER XXIX. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON

       CHAPTER XXX. HOW THE PICKWICKIANS MADE AND CULTIVATED THE ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XXXI. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES CHAPTER XXXII. DESCRIBES, FAR MORE FULLY THAN THE COURT NEWSMAN EVER CHAPTER XXXIII. Mr. WELLER THE ELDER DELIVERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTS CHAPTER XXXIV. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH Mr. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH

       CHAPTER XXXVI. THE CHIEF FEATURES OF WHICH WILL BE FOUND CHAPTER XXXVII. HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR Mr. WELLER'S ABSENCE

       CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW Mr. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN CHAPTER XXXIX. Mr. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION CHAPTER XL. INTRODUCES Mr. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENE CHAPTER XLI. WHAT BEFELL Mr. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET

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       CHAPTER XLII. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB CHAPTER XLIII. SHOWING HOW Mr. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES CHAPTER LXIV. TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED

       CHAPTER XLIV. DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW CHAPTER XLVI. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING CHAPTER XLVII. IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS

       CHAPTER XLVIII.RELATES HOW Mr. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAMUEL CHAPTER XLIX. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN'S UNCLE

       CHAPTER L. HOW Mr. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION

       CHAPTER LI. IN WHICH Mr. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER LII. INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY CHAPTER LIII. COMPRISING THE FINAL EXIT OF Mr. JINGLE AND JOB TROTTER

       CHAPTER LIV. CONTAINING SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DOUBLE KNOCK CHAPTER LV. Mr. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE

       CHAPTER LVI. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE

       CHAPTER LVII. IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED

       DETAILED CONTENTS

       1. The Pickwickians

       2. The first Day's Journey, and the first Evening's Adventures; with their Consequences

       3. A new Acquaintance--The Stroller's Tale--A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant Encounter

       4. A Field Day and Bivouac--More new Friends--An Invitation to the Country

       5. A short one--Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to ride, and how they both did it

       6. An old-fashioned Card-party--The Clergyman's verses--The Story of the Convict's Return

       7. 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

       8. Strongly illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway

       9. A Discovery and a Chase

       10. Clearing up all Doubts (if any existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. A. Jingle's Character

       11. 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

       12. Descriptive of a very important Proceeding on the Part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an Epoch in his Life, than in this History

       13. 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

       14. Comprising a brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman

       15. 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 anothe r Chapter

       16. Too full of Adventure to be briefly described

       17. Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism, in some Cases, acts as a Quickener to inventive Genius

       18. Briefly illustrative of two Points; first, the Power of Hysterics, and, secondly, the Force of Circumstances

       19. A pleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination

       20. 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 C

       apital Chapter the next one will be

       21. In which the old Man launches forth into his favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a queer Client

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       22. Mr. Pickwick journeys to Ipswich and meets with a romantic Adventure with a middle-aged Lady in yellow Curl-papers

       23. In which Mr. Samuel Weller begins to devote his Energies to the Return Match between himself and Mr. Trotter

       24. Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the

       Grasp of the Law

       25. 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 another Matter, which will be found in its Place

       26. Which contains a brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell against Pickwick

       27. Samuel Weller makes a Pilgrimage to Dorking, and beholds his Mother-in-law

       28. A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside: which although in their Way even as good Customs as Marriage itself, are not quite so religiously kept up, in these degenerate Times

       29. The Story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton

       30. How the Pickwickians made and cultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple