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THE PICKWICK PAPERS

CHARLES DICKENS

CONTENTS

1. The Pickwickians

2. The first Day's Journey, and the first Evening's
Adventures; with their Consequences

3. A new Acquaintance--The Stroller's Tale--A
disagreeable Interruption, and an unpleasant

Encounter

4. A Field Day and Bivouac--More new Friends--An
Invitation to the Country

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

6. An old-fashioned Card-party--The Clergyman's
verses--The Story of the Convict's Return

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

8. Strongly illustrative of the Position, that the
Course of True Love is not a Railway

9. A Discovery and a Chase

10. Clearing up all Doubts (if any existed) of the
Disinterestedness of Mr. A. Jingle's Character

11. 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

12. Descriptive of a very important Proceeding on
the Part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an Epoch in his

Life, than in this History

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

14. Comprising a brief Description of the Company
at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a

Bagman

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

16. Too full of Adventure to be briefly described

17. Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism, in some
Cases, acts as a Quickener to inventive Genius

18. Briefly illustrative of two Points; first, the
Power of Hysterics, and, secondly, the Force of

Circumstances

19. A pleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination

20. Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of
Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and Next Page

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