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Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)
Author: Charles Dickens
Illustrator: Cecil Aldin
Release Date: December 4, 2014 [EBook #47535]
Language: English
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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF
THE PICKWICK CLUB
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS
OF THE
PICKWICK CLUB
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
ILLUSTRATED BY
CECIL ALDIN
VOLUME THE SECOND
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
31 West Twenty-Third Street
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| The Story of the Goblins who Stole a Sexton | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| 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 First Visit came to a Conclusion | 12 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Which is all about the Law, and sundry great Authorities learned therein | 26 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| 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 | 43 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| 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 | 59 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Is wholly devoted to a Full and Faithful Report of the Memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick | 78 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| In which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath; and goes accordingly | 105 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| 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 | 123 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| 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 | 136 |
| CHAPTER X | |
| How Mr. Winkle, when he stepped out of the Frying-pan, walked gently and comfortably into the Fire | 151 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Mr. Samuel Weller, being entrusted with a Mission of Love, proceeds to Execute it; with what Success will hereinafter appear | 167 |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a New and not uninteresting Scene in the great Drama of Life | 184 |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what Prisoners he Saw there; and how he Passed the Night | 199 |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, That Adversity brings a Man acquainted with Strange Bed-fellows. Likewise containing Mr. Pickwick’s extraordinary and startling Announcement to Mr. Samuel Weller | 214 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties | 230 |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| 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 | 246 |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| 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 | 261 |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| Records a touching Act of delicate Feeling, not unmixed With Pleasantry, achieved and performed by Messrs. Dodson and Fogg | 280 |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| 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 | 292 |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| 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 | 305 |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| Containing the Story of the Bagman’s Uncle | 320 |
| CHAPTER XXII | |
| How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how he was Reinforced in the Outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary | 340 |
| CHAPTER XXIII | |
| 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 | 357 |
| CHAPTER XXIV | |
| Involving a serious Change in the Weller Family, and the untimely Downfall of the Red-nosed Mr. Stiggins | 374 |
| CHAPTER XXV | |
| 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 | 387 |
| CHAPTER XXVI | |
| 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 | 402 |
| CHAPTER XXVII | |
| Mr. Solomon Pell, assisted by a Select Committee of Coachmen, arranges the Affairs of the Elder Mr. Weller | 420 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII | |
| 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 | 434 |
| CHAPTER XXIX | |
| In which the Pickwick Club is finally Dissolved, and Everything Concluded to the Satisfaction of Everybody | 449 |
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