Old St Paul's (Historical Novel)

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William Harrison Ainsworth. Old St Paul's (Historical Novel)

Old St Paul's (Historical Novel)

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BOOK THE FIRST. APRIL, 1665

I. THE GROCER OF WOOD-STREET AND HIS FAMILY

II. THE COFFIN-MAKER

III. THE GAMESTER AND THE BULLY

IV. THE INTERVIEW

V. THE POMANDER-BOX

VI. THE LIBERTINE PUNISHED

VII. THE PLAGUE NURSE

VIII. THE MOSAICAL RODS

IX. THE MINIATURE

X. THE DUEL

BOOK THE SECOND. MAY, 1665

I. PROGRESS OF THE PESTILENCE

II. IN WHAT MANNER THE GROCER VICTUALLED HIS HOUSE

III. THE QUACK DOCTORS

IV. THE TWO WATCHMEN

V. THE BLIND PIPER AND HIS DAUGHTER

VI. OLD LONDON FROM OLD SAINT PAUL'S

VII. PAUL'S WALK

VIII. THE AMULET

IX. HOW LEONARD WAS CURED OF THE PLAGUE

X. THE PEST-HOUSE IN FINSBURY FIELDS

XI. HOW THE GROCER SHUT UP HIS HOUSE

BOOK THE THIRD. JUNE, 1665

I. THE IMPRISONED FAMILY

II. HOW FIRES WERE LIGHTED IN THE STREETS

III. THE DANCE OF DEATH

IV. THE PLAGUE-PIT

V. HOW SAINT PATHOS WAS USED AS A PEST-HOUSE

VI. THE DEPARTURE

VII. THE JOURNEY

VIII. ASHDOWN LODGE

IX. KINGSTON LISLE

BOOK THE FOURTH. SEPTEMBER, 1665

I. THE PLAGUE AT ITS HEIGHT

II. THE SECOND PLAGUE-PIT

III. THE HOUSE IN NICHOLAS-LANE

IV. THE TRIALS OF AMABEL

V. THE MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

VI. THE CERTIFICATE

BOOK THE FIFTH. DECEMBER, 1665

I. THE DECLINE OF THE PLAGUE

II. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING

BOOK THE SIXTH. SEPTEMBER, 1666

I. THE FIRE-HALL

II. THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRE

III. PROGRESS OF THE FIRE

IV. LEONARD'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING

V. HOW LEONARD SAVED THE KING'S LIFE

VI. HOW THE GROCER'S HOUSE WAS BURNT

VII. THE BURNING OF SAINT PAUL'S

VIII. HOW LEONARD RESCUED THE LADY ISABELLA

IX. WHAT BEFEL CHOWLES AND JUDITH IN THE VAULTS OF SAINT FAITH'S

X. CONCLUSION

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William Harrison Ainsworth

A Tale of Great London Plague & Fire

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On the following day, Maurice Wyvil entered the grocer's shop. He was more richly attired than before, and there was a haughtiness in his manner which he had not hitherto assumed. What passed between him and Bloundel was not known, for the latter never spoke of it; but the result may be gathered from the fact that the young gallant was not allowed an interview with the grocer's daughter.

Accordingly, when she went forth one morning in company with her younger sister (a little girl of some five years old), he made an excuse to follow them, and, keeping within sight, perceived them enter Saint Paul's Cathedral, the mid aisle of which was then converted into a public walk, and generally thronged with town gallants, bullies, bona-robas, cut-purses, and rogues of every description. In short, it was the haunt of the worst of characters of the metropolis. When, therefore, Amabel entered this structure, Leonard felt certain it was to meet her lover. Rushing forward, he saw her take her course through the crowd, and attract general attention from her loveliness—but he nowhere discerned Maurice Wyvil.

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