LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
BLEAK HOUSE
By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
| Preface | |
| I. | In Chancery |
| II. | In Fashion |
| III. | A Progress |
| IV. | Telescopic Philanthropy |
| V. | A Morning Adventure |
| VI. | Quite at Home |
| VII. | The Ghost's Walk |
| VIII. | Covering a Multitude of Sins |
| IX. | Signs and Tokens |
| X. | The Law-Writer |
| XI. | Our Dear Brother |
| XII. | On the Watch |
| XIII. | Esther's Narrative |
| XIV. | Deportment |
| XV. | Bell Yard |
| XVI. | Tom-all-Alone's |
| XVII. | Esther's Narrative |
| XVIII. | Lady Dedlock |
| XIX. | Moving On |
| XX. | A New Lodger |
| XXI. | The Smallweed Family |
| XXII. | Mr. Bucket |
| XXIII. | Esther's Narrative |
| XXIV. | An Appeal Case |
| XXV. | Mrs. Snagsby Sees It All |
| XXVI. | Sharpshooters |
| XXVII. | More Old Soldiers Than One |
| XXVIII. | The Ironmaster |
| XXIX. | The Young Man |
| XXX. | Esther's Narrative |
| XXXI. | Nurse and Patient |
| XXXII. | The Appointed Time |
| XXXIII. | Interlopers |
| XXXIV. | A Turn of the Screw |
| XXXV. | Esther's Narrative |
| XXXVI. | Chesney Wold |
| XXXVII. | Jarndyce and Jarndyce |
| XXXVIII. | A Struggle |
| XXXIX. | Attorney and Client |
| XL. | National and Domestic |
| XLI. | In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Room |
| XLII. | In Mr. Tulkinghorn's Chambers |
| XLIII. | Esther's Narrative |
| XLIV. | The Letter and the Answer |
| XLV. | In Trust |
| XLVI. | Stop Him! |
| XLVII. | Jo's Will |
| XLVIII. | Closing In |
| XLIX. | Dutiful Friendship |
| L. | Esther's Narrative |
| LI. | Enlightened |
| LII. | Obstinacy |
| LIII. | The Track |
| LIV. | Springing a Mine |
| LV. | Flight |
| LVI. | Pursuit |
| LVII. | Esther's Narrative |
| LVIII. | A Wintry Day and Night |
| LIX. | Esther's Narrative |
| LX. | Perspective |
| LXI. | A Discovery |
| LXII. | Another Discovery |
| LXIII. | Steel and Iron |
| LXIV. | Esther's Narrative |
| LXV. | Beginning the World |
| LXVI. | Down in Lincolnshire |
| LXVII. | The Close of Esther's Narrative |
THREE GHOST STORIES
By Charles Dickens
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The Haunted House | |
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The Trial For Murder | |
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The Signal-Man |
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
[1867 Edition]
by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
SOME SHORT CHRISTMAS STORIES
By Charles Dickens
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A Christmas Tree | |
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What Christmas is as we Grow Older | |
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The Poor Relation’s Story | |
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The Child’s Story | |
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The Schoolboy’s Story | |
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Nobody’s Story |
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
By Charles Dickens
Illustrated By George Alfred Williams
CONTENTS
| Chirp the First | 103 |
| Chirp the Second | 132 |
| Chirp the Third | 165 |
MUGBY JUNCTION
By Charles Dickens
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Barbox Brothers. |
By Charles Dickens | |
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Barbox Brothers & Co. |
By Charles Dickens | |
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Main Line: The Boy at Mugby. |
By Charles Dickens | |
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No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman. |
By Charles Dickens | |
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No. 2 Branch Line: The Engine Driver. |
By Andrew Halliday | |
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No. 3 Branch Line: The Compensation House. |
By Charles Collins | |
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No. 4 Branch Line: The Travelling Post-Office. |
By Hesba Stretton | |
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No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer. |
By Amelia B. Edwards |
POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS
By Charles Dickens
Collected and Edited, with Bibliographical Notes, by F. G. Kitton
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| The Village Coquettes (1836), | 3 |
| Round. Hail to the merry Autumn days, | 7 |
| Lucy’s Song. Love is not a feeling to pass away, | 8 |
| Squire Norton’s Song. That very wise head, old Æsop, said, | 9 |
| George Edmunds’ Song. Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, | 10 |
| Rose’s Song. Some folks who have grown old and sour, | 11 |
| Duet (Flam and Rose). ’Tis true I’m caressed by the witty, | 12 |
| Squire Norton’s Song. The child and the old man sat alone, | 13 |
| Duet (The Squire and Lucy). In rich and lofty station shine, | 14 |
| Sestet and Chorus. Turn him from the farm, | 15 |
| Quartet. Hear me, when I swear that the farm is your own, | 17 |
| Squire Norton’s Song. There’s a charm in Spring, | 20 |
| Young Benson’s Song. My fair home is no longer mine, | 21 |
| Duet (The Squire and Edmunds). Listen, though I do not fear you, | 22 |
| Lucy’s Song. How beautiful at even-tide, | 23 |
| Chorus. Join the dance, with step as light, | 23 |
| Quintet. No light bound of stag or timid hare, | 24 |
| The Lamplighter (1838), | 29 |
| Duet (Tom and Betsy). There comes a new moon twelve times a year, | 31 |
| The Pickwick Papers (1837), | 35, 41, 47, 51 |
| The Ivy Green. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, | 36 |
| A Christmas Carol. I care not for Spring, | 42 |
| Gabriel Grub’s Song. Brave lodgings for one, | 48 |
| Romance (Sam Weller’s Song). Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, | 53 |
| The Examiner (1841), | 57 |
| The Fine Old English Gentleman. I’ll sing you a new ballad, | 59 |
| The Quack Doctor’s Proclamation. An astonishing doctor has just come to town, | 67 |
| Subjects for Painters. To you, Sir Martin, | 73 |
| The Patrician’s Daughter (1842), | 79 |
| Prologue. No tale of streaming plumes and harness bright, | 81 |
| The Keepsake (1844), | 87 |
| A Word in Season. They have a superstition in the East, | 89 |
| The Daily News (1846), | 93 |
| The British Lion. Oh, p’r’aps you may have heard, | 95 |
| The Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers. Oh God, who by Thy Prophet’s hand, | 101 |
| Lines addressed to Mark Lemon (1849), | 107 |
| New Song. Lemon is a little hipped, | 109 |
| The Lighthouse (1855), | 113 |
| Prologue. A story of those rocks where doom’d ships come, | 115 |
| The Song of the Wreck. The wind blew high, the waters raved, | 119 |
| The Frozen Deep (1856), | 125 |
| Prologue. One savage footprint on the lonely shore, | 127 |
| The Wreck of the Golden Mary (1856), | 131 |
| A Child’s Hymn. Hear my prayer, O! Heavenly Father, | 133 |
THE BATTLE OF LIFE
THE BATTLE OF LIFE