The best of Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations: All Unabridged

The best of Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations: All Unabridged
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This carefully crafted ebook: «The best of Charles Dickens» contains 8 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of contents : The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 – 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

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Charles Dickens. The best of Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations: All Unabridged

The best of Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations

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THE PICKWICK PAPERS

CHAPTER I. THE PICKWICKIANS

CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY’S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING’S ADVENTURES; WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER III. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE — THE STROLLER’S TALE — A DISAGREEABLE INTERRUPTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER IV. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC — MORE NEW FRIENDS — AN INVITATION TO THE COUNTRY

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

CHAPTER VI. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY — THE CLERGYMAN’S VERSES — THE STORY OF THE CONVICT’S RETURN

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

CHAPTER VIII. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE IS NOT A RAILWAY

CHAPTER IX. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE

CHAPTER X. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED) OF THE DISINTERESTEDNESS OF Mr. A. JINGLE’S CHARACTER

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

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

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

CHAPTER XIV. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AT THE PEACOCK ASSEMBLED; AND A TALE TOLD BY A BAGMAN

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

CHAPTER XVI. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED

CHAPTER XVII. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM, IN SOME CASES, ACTS AS A QUICKENER TO INVENTIVE GENIUS

CHAPTER XVIII. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS; FIRST, THE POWER OF HYSTERICS, AND, SECONDLY, THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES

CHAPTER XIX. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION

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

CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT

CHAPTER XXII. Mr. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE WITH A MIDDLE-AGED LADY IN YELLOW CURLPAPERS

CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH Mr. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES TO THE RETURN MATCH BETWEEN HIMSELF AND Mr. TROTTER

CHAPTER XXIV. WHEREIN Mr. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS, AND THE MIDDLE-AGED LADY APPREHENSIVE, WHICH BRINGS THE PICKWICKIANS WITHIN THE GRASP OF THE LAW

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 ANOTHER MATTER, WHICH WILL BE FOUND IN ITS PLACE

CHAPTER XXVI. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ACTION OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK

CHAPTER XXVII. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING, AND BEHOLDS HIS MOTHERIN-LAW

CHAPTER XXVIII. A GOODHUMOURED 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

CHAPTER XXIX. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON

CHAPTER XXX. 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 VISIT CAME TO A CONCLUSION

CHAPTER XXXI. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES LEARNED THEREIN

CHAPTER XXXII. 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

CHAPTER XXXIII. 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

CHAPTER XXXIV. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THE MEMORABLE TRIAL OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK

CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH Mr. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH; AND GOES ACCORDINGLY

CHAPTER XXXVI. 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

CHAPTER XXXVII. 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

CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW Mr. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN, WALKED GENTLY AND COMFORTABLY INTO THE FIRE

CHAPTER XXXIX. Mr. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION OF LOVE, PROCEEDS TO EXECUTE IT; WITH WHAT SUCCESS WILL HEREINAFTER APPEAR

CHAPTER XL. INTRODUCES Mr. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENE IN THE GREAT DRAMA OF LIFE

CHAPTER XLI. WHAT BEFELL Mr. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET; WHAT PRISONERS HE SAW THERE, AND HOW HE PASSED THE NIGHT

CHAPTER XLII. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB, THAT ADVERSITY BRINGS A MAN ACQUAINTED WITH STRANGE BEDFELLOWS — LIKEWISE CONTAINING Mr. PICKWICK’S EXTRAORDINARY AND STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT TO Mr. SAMUEL WELLER

CHAPTER XLIII. SHOWING HOW Mr. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES

CHAPTER XLIV. 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

CHAPTER XLV. 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

CHAPTER XLVI. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING, NOT UNMIXED WITH PLEASANTRY, ACHIEVED AND PERFORMED BY Messrs. DODSON AND FOGG

CHAPTER XLVII. 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

CHAPTER XLVIII. 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

CHAPTER XLIX. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN’S UNCLE

CHAPTER L. HOW Mr. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION, AND HOW HE WAS REINFORCED IN THE OUTSET BY A MOST UNEXPECTED AUXILIARY

CHAPTER LI. 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

CHAPTER LII. INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY, AND THE UNTIMELY DOWNFALL OF Mr. STIGGINS

CHAPTER LIII. 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

CHAPTER LIV. 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

CHAPTER LV. Mr. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE OF COACHMEN, ARRANGES THE AFFAIRS OF THE ELDER Mr. WELLER

CHAPTER LVI. 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

CHAPTER LVII. IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED, AND EVERYTHING CONCLUDED TO THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYBODY

OLIVER TWIST

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 TIME ARRIVES

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

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

STAVE ONE. MARLEY’S GHOST

STAVE TWO. THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS

STAVE THREE. THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS

STAVE FOUR. THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS

STAVE FIVE. THE END OF IT

DAVID COPPERFIELD

BLEAK HOUSE

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. In Chancery

CHAPTER II. In Fashion

CHAPTER III. A Progress

CHAPTER IV. Telescopic Philanthropy

CHAPTER V. A Morning Adventure

CHAPTER VI. Quite at Home

CHAPTER VII. The Ghost’s Walk

CHAPTER VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins

CHAPTER IX. Signs and Tokens

CHAPTER X. The Law-Writer

CHAPTER XI. Our Dear Brother

CHAPTER XII. On the Watch

CHAPTER XIII. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XIV. Deportment

CHAPTER XV. Bell Yard

CHAPTER XVI. Tom-all-Alone’s

CHAPTER XVII. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XVIII. Lady Dedlock

CHAPTER XIX. Moving On

CHAPTER XX. A New Lodger

CHAPTER XXI. The Smallweed Family

CHAPTER XXII. Mr. Bucket

CHAPTER XXIII. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XXIV. An Appeal Case

CHAPTER XXV. Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All

CHAPTER XXVI. Sharpshooters

CHAPTER XXVII. More Old Soldiers Than One

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Ironmaster

CHAPTER XXIX. The Young Man

CHAPTER XXX. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XXXI. Nurse and Patient

CHAPTER XXXII. The Appointed Time

CHAPTER XXXIII. Interlopers

CHAPTER XXXIV. A Turn of the Screw

CHAPTER XXXV. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XXXVI. Chesney Wold

CHAPTER XXXVII. Jarndyce and Jarndyce

CHAPTER XXXVIII. A Struggle

CHAPTER XXXIX. Attorney and Client

CHAPTER XL. National and Domestic

CHAPTER XLI. In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Room

CHAPTER XLII. In Mr. Tulkinghorn’s Chambers

CHAPTER XLIII. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER XLIV. The Letter and the Answer

CHAPTER XLV. In Trust

CHAPTER XLVI. Stop Him!

CHAPTER XLVII. Jo’s Will

CHAPTER XLVIII. Closing in

CHAPTER XLIX. Dutiful Friendship

CHAPTER L. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER LI. Enlightened

CHAPTER LII. Obstinacy

CHAPTER LIII. The Track

CHAPTER LIV. Springing a Mine

CHAPTER LV. Flight

CHAPTER LVI. Pursuit

CHAPTER LVII. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER LVIII. A Wintry Day and Night

CHAPTER LIX. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER LX. Perspective

CHAPTER LXI. A Discovery

CHAPTER LXII. Another Discovery

CHAPTER LXIII. Steel and Iron

CHAPTER LXIV. Esther’s Narrative

CHAPTER LXV. Beginning the World

CHAPTER LXVI. Down in Lincolnshire

CHAPTER LXVII. The Close of Esther’s Narrative

HARD TIMES

BOOK THE FIRST – SOWING. CHAPTER I. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL

CHAPTER II. MURDERING THE INNOCENTS

CHAPTER III. A LOOPHOLE

CHAPTER IV. MR. BOUNDERBY

CHAPTER V. THE KEYNOTE

CHAPTER VI. SLEARY’S HORSEMANSHIP

CHAPTER VII. MRS. SPARSIT

CHAPTER VIII. NEVER WONDER

CHAPTER IX. SISSY’S PROGRESS

CHAPTER X. STEPHEN BLACKPOOL

CHAPTER XI. NO WAY OUT

CHAPTER XII. THE OLD WOMAN

CHAPTER XIII. RACHAEL

CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT MANUFACTURER

CHAPTER XV. FATHER AND DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XVI. HUSBAND AND WIFE

BOOK THE SECOND - REAPING. CHAPTER I. EFFECTS IN THE BANK

CHAPTER II. MR. JAMES HARTHOUSE

CHAPTER III. THE WHELP

CHAPTER IV. MEN AND BROTHERS

CHAPTER V. MEN AND MASTERS

CHAPTER VI. FADING AWAY

CHAPTER VII. GUNPOWDER

CHAPTER VIII. EXPLOSION

CHAPTER IX. HEARING THE LAST OF IT

CHAPTER X. MRS. SPARSIT’S STAIRCASE

CHAPTER XI. LOWER AND LOWER

CHAPTER XII. DOWN

BOOK THE THIRD - GARNERING. CHAPTER I. ANOTHER THING NEEDFUL

CHAPTER II. VERY RIDICULOUS

CHAPTER III. VERY DECIDED

CHAPTER IV. LOST

CHAPTER V. FOUND

CHAPTER VI. THE STARLIGHT

CHAPTER VII. WHELP-HUNTING

CHAPTER VIII. PHILOSOPHICAL

CHAPTER IX. FINAL

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Book the First — Recalled to Life

CHAPTER I. The Period

CHAPTER II. The Mail

CHAPTER III. The Night Shadows

CHAPTER IV. The Preparation

CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop

CHAPTER VI. The Shoemaker

Book the Second — the Golden Thread. CHAPTER I. Five Years Later

CHAPTER II. A Sight

CHAPTER III. A Disappointment

CHAPTER IV. Congratulatory

CHAPTER V. The Jackal

CHAPTER VI. Hundreds of People

CHAPTER VII. Monseigneur in Town

CHAPTER VIII. Monseigneur in the Country

CHAPTER IX. The Gorgon’s Head

CHAPTER X. Two Promises

CHAPTER XI. A Companion Picture

CHAPTER XII. The Fellow of Delicacy

CHAPTER XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy

CHAPTER XIV. The Honest Tradesman

CHAPTER XV. Knitting

CHAPTER XVI. Still Knitting

CHAPTER XVII. One Night

CHAPTER XVIII. Nine Days

CHAPTER XIX. An Opinion

CHAPTER XX. A Plea

CHAPTER XXI. Echoing Footsteps

CHAPTER XXII. The Sea Still Rises

CHAPTER XXIII. Fire Rises

CHAPTER XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

Book the Third — the Track of a Storm. CHAPTER I. In Secret

CHAPTER II. The Grindstone

CHAPTER III. The Shadow

CHAPTER IV. Calm in Storm

CHAPTER V. The Wood-Sawyer

CHAPTER VI. Triumph

CHAPTER VII. A Knock at the Door

CHAPTER VIII. A Hand at Cards

CHAPTER IX. The Game Made

CHAPTER X. The Substance of the Shadow

CHAPTER XI. Dusk

CHAPTER XII. Darkness

CHAPTER XIII. Fifty-two

CHAPTER XIV. The Knitting Done

CHAPTER XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

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 — THE ORIGINAL ENDING

CHAPTER LIX — THE REVISED ENDING

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Seven o’clock had hardly ceased striking on the following morning, when Mr. Pickwick’s comprehensive mind was aroused from the state of unconsciousness, in which slumber had plunged it, by a loud knocking at his chamber door. ‘Who’s there?’ said Mr. Pickwick, starting up in bed.

‘Boots, sir.’

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