DETAILED CONTENTS
1. The Pickwickians 2. The first Day's Journey, and the first Evening'sAdventures; with their Consequences 3. A new Acquaintance--TheStroller's Tale--A disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasantEncounter 4. A Field Day and Bivouac--More new Friends--An Invitation tothe Country 5. A short one--Showing, among other Matters, how Mr.Pickwick undertook to drive, and Mr. Winkle to ride, and how they bothdid it 6. An old-fashioned Card-party--The Clergyman's verses--The Storyof the Convict's Return 7. How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at thePigeon 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 andinstructive Matters 8. Strongly illustrative of the Position, that theCourse 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 AntiquarianDiscovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick's Determination to be present at anElection; 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 ofEatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of aMember to serve in Parliament for that ancient, loyal, and patrioticBorough 14. Comprising a brief Description of the Company at the Peacockassembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman 15. In which is given a faithfulPortraiture of two distinguished Persons; and an accurate Description ofa public Breakfast in their House and Grounds: which public Breakfastleads to the Recognition of an old Acquaintance, and the Commencement ofanothe r Chapter 16. Too full of Adventure to be briefly described 17.Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism, in some Cases, acts as a Quickenerto inventive Genius 18. Briefly illustrative of two Points; first, thePower of Hysterics, and, secondly, the Force of Circumstances 19. Apleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination 20. Showing how Dodson andFogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how anaffecting Interview took place between Mr. Weller and his long-lostParent; showing also what Choice Spirits assembled at the Magpie andStump, and what a C apital Chapter the next one will be 21. In which theold Man launches forth into his favourite Theme, and relates a Storyabout a queer Client 22. Mr. Pickwick journeys to Ipswich and meets witha romantic Adventure with a middle-aged Lady in yellow Curl-papers 23.In which Mr. Samuel Weller begins to devote his Energies to the ReturnMatch between himself and Mr. Trotter 24. Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus growsjealous, and the middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings thePickwickians within the Grasp of the Law 25. Showing, among a Variety ofpleasant Matters, how majestic and impartial Mr. Nupkins was; and howMr. Weller returned Mr. Job Trotter's Shuttlecock as heavily as it came--With another Matter, which will be found in its Place 26. Whichcontains a brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardellagainst Pickwick 27. Samuel Weller makes a Pilgrimage to Dorking, andbeholds his Mother-in-law 28. A good-humoured Christmas Chapter,containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside: whichalthough in their Way even as good Customs as Marriage itself, are notquite so religiously kept up, in these degenerate Times 29. The Story ofthe Goblins who stole a Sexton 30. How the Pickwickians made andcultivated the Acquaintance of a Couple of nice young Men belonging toone of the liberal Professions; how they disported themselves on theIce; and how their Visit came to a Conclusion 31. Which is all about theLaw, and sundry Great Authorities learned therein 32. Describes, farmore fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor's Party, given byMr. Bob Sawyer at his Lodgings in the Borough 33. Mr. Weller the elderdelivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and,assisted by his Son Samuel, pays a small Instalment of Retaliation tothe Account of the Reverend Gentleman with the Red Nose 34. Is whollydevoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardellagainst Pickwick 35. In which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go toBath; and goes accordingly 36. The chief Features of which will be foundto be an authentic Version of the Legend of Prince Bladud, and a mostextraordinary Calamity that befell Mr. Winkle 37. Honourably accountsfor Mr. Weller's Absence, by describing a Soiree to which he was invitedand went; also relates how he was intrusted by Mr. Pickwick with aPrivate Mission of Delicacy and Importance 38. How Mr. Winkle, when hestepped out of the Frying-pan, walked gently and comfortably into theFire 39. Mr. Samuel Weller, being intrusted with a Mission of Love,proceeds to execute it; with what Success will hereinafter appear 40.Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a new and not uninteresting Scene in thegreat Drama of Life 41. What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into theFleet; what Prisoners he saw there; and how he passed the Night 42.Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, that Adversitybrings a Man acquainted with strange Bedfellows--Likewise containing Mr.Pickwick's extraordinary and startling Announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller43. Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties 44. Treats ofdivers little Matters which occurred in the Fleet, and of Mr. Winkle'smysterious Behaviour; and shows how the poor Chancery Prisoner obtainedhis Release at last 45. Descriptive of an affecting Interview betweenMr. Samuel Weller and a Family Party. Mr. Pickwick makes a Tour of thediminutive World he inhabits, and resolves to mix with it, in Future, aslittle as possible 46. Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling notunmixed with Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Messrs. Dodson andFogg 47. Is chiefly devoted to Matters of Business, and the temporalAdvantage of Dodson and Fogg--Mr. Winkle reappears under extraordinaryCircumstances--Mr. Pickwick's Benevolence proves stronger than hisObstinacy 48. Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of SamuelWeller, essayed to soften the Heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and tomollify the Wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer 49. Containing the Story of theBagman's Uncle 50. How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how hewas reinforced in the Outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary 51. In whichMr. Pickwick encounters an old Acquaintance--To which fortunateCircumstance the Reader is mainly indebted for Matter of thrillingInterest herein set down, concerning two great Public Men of Might andPower 52. Involving a serious Change in the Weller Family, and theuntimely Downfall of Mr. Stiggins 53. Comprising the final Exit of Mr.Jingle and Job Trotter, with a great Morning of business in Gray's InnSquare--Concluding with a Double Knock at Mr. Perker's Door 54.Containing some Particulars relative to the Double Knock, and otherMatters: among which certain interesting Disclosures relative to Mr.Snodgrass and a Young Lady are by no Means irrelevant to this History55. Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen,arranges the affairs of the elder Mr. Weller 56. An important Conferencetakes place between Mr. Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his Parentassists--An old Gentleman in a snuff-coloured Suit arrives unexpectedly57. In which the Pickwick Club is finally dissolved, and everythingconcluded to the Satisfaction of Everybody
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