CHAPTER 1. THE PICKWICKIANS.
CHAPTER 2. THE FIRST DAY’S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING’S ADVENTURES; WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
I am ruminating on the strange mutability of human affairs.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 2.
CHAPTER 3. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE. THE STROLLER’S TALE – A DISAGREEABLE INTERRUPTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER 4. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC—MORE NEW FRIENDS; AND AN INVITATION TO THE COUNTRY.
A vast deal of coolness, and a peculiar degree of judgment, are requisite in catching a hat.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 4.
CHAPTER 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.
CHAPTER 6. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY – THE CLERGYMAN’S VERSES – THE STORY OF THE CONVICT’S RETURN.
CHAPTER 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.
CHAPTER 8. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE IS NOT A RAILWAY.
He was about a bottle and a half ahead of any of his companions.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 8.
CHAPTER 9. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE.
CHAPTER 10. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED) OF THE DISINTERESTEDNESS OF MR. A. JINGLE’S CHARACTER.
CHAPTER 11. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT.
CHAPTER 12. DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING ON THE PART OF MR. PICKWICK; NO LESS AN EPOCH IN HIS LIFE, THAN IN THIS HISTORY.
CHAPTER 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.
CHAPTER 14. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AT THE PEACOCK ASSEMBLED; AND A TALE TOLD BY A BAGMAN.
CHAPTER 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 ANOTHER CHAPTER.
CHAPTER 16. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED.
CHAPTER 17. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM, IN SOME CASES, ACTS AS A QUICKENER TO INVENTIVE GENIUS.
CHAPTER 18. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS; FIRST, THE POWER OF HYSTERICS, AND, SECONDLY, THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHAPTER 19. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION.
CHAPTER 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 CAPITAL CHAPTER THE NEXT ONE WILL BE.
CHAPTER 21. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT.
CHAPTER 22. MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC ADVENTURE WITH A MIDDLE-AGED LADY IN YELLOW CURL-PAPERS.
It’s a wery remarkable circumstance, Sir, that poverty and oysters always seem to go together.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 22.
CHAPTER 23. IN WHICH MR. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES TO THE RETURN MATCH BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MR. TROTTER.
CHAPTER 24. WHEREIN MR. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS, AND THE MIDDLE-AGED LADY APPREHENSIVE, WHICH BRINGS THE PICKWICKIANS WITHIN THE GRASP OF THE LAW.
CHAPTER 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.
CHAPTER 26. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ACTION OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK.
CHAPTER 27. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING, AND BEHOLDS HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.
CHAPTER 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.
And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 28.
CHAPTER 29. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON.
CHAPTER 30. 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 31. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES LEARNED THEREIN.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 31.
CHAPTER 32. 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 33. 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 34. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THE MEMORABLE TRIAL OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK.
A most particularly short man, and so fat, that he seemed all face and waistcoat.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 34.
CHAPTER 35. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH; AND GOES ACCORDINGLY.
CHAPTER 36. 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 37. HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR MR. WELLER’S ABSENCE.
A good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 37.
CHAPTER 38. HOW Mr. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN.
CHAPTER 39. MR. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION.
CHAPTER 40. INTRODUCES MR. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENE.
CHAPTER 41. WHAT BEFELL MR. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET.
CHAPTER 42. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 42.
CHAPTER 43. SHOWING HOW MR. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 43.
CHAPTER 44. TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED.
CHAPTER 45. DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW.
CHAPTER 46. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING.
CHAPTER 47. IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS.
CHAPTER 48. RELATES HOW MR. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAMUEL
The beer has reminded me that I forgot.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 48.
CHAPTER 49. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN’S UNCLE.
CHAPTER 50. HOW MR. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION.
The Pickwick Papers. Chapter 50.