The Pickwick Papers

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1. 01Full text
2. 02THE PICKWICK PAPERS
3. 03THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
4. 04CHAPTER I. THE PICKWICKIANS
5. 05CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY’S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING’S ADVENTURES;
6. 06WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES
7. 07CHAPTER III. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE--THE STROLLER’S TALE--A DISAGREEABLE
8. 08INTERRUPTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER
9. 09THE STROLLER’S TALE
10. 10CHAPTER IV. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC--MORE NEW FRIENDS--AN INVITATION TO
11. 11THE COUNTRY
12. 12CHAPTER V. A SHORT ONE--SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, HOW Mr. PICKWICK
13. 13CHAPTER VI. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY--THE CLERGYMAN’S VERSES--THE
14. 14STORY OF THE CONVICT’S RETURN
15. 15THE IVY GREEN
16. 16THE CONVICT’S RETURN
17. 17CHAPTER VII. HOW MR. WINKLE, INSTEAD OF SHOOTING AT THE PIGEON AND
18. 18INSTRUCTIVE MATTERS
19. 19CHAPTER VIII. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OF
20. 20TRUE LOVE IS NOT A RAILWAY
21. 21CHAPTER IX. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE
22. 22CHAPTER X. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED) OF THE
23. 23DISINTERESTEDNESS OF MR. A. JINGLE’S CHARACTER
24. 24CHAPTER XI. INVOLVING ANOTHER JOURNEY, AND AN ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY;
25. 25CONTAINING A MANUSCRIPT OF THE OLD CLERGYMAN’S
26. 26‘TRACY TUPMAN.’
27. 27A MADMAN’S MANUSCRIPT
28. 28CHAPTER XII. DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING ON THE PART OF
29. 29CHAPTER XIII. SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIES
30. 30ANCIENT, LOYAL, AND PATRIOTIC BOROUGH
31. 31CHAPTER XIV. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AT THE
32. 32PEACOCK ASSEMBLED; AND A TALE TOLD BY A BAGMAN
33. 33THE BAGMAN’S STORY
34. 34CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH IS GIVEN A FAITHFUL PORTRAITURE OF TWO
35. 35CHAPTER
36. 36CHAPTER XVI. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED
37. 37CHAPTER XVII. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM, IN SOME CASES, ACTS
38. 38AS A QUICKENER TO INVENTIVE GENIUS
39. 39THE PARISH CLERK A TALE OF TRUE LOVE
40. 40CHAPTER XVIII. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS; FIRST, THE POWER OF
41. 41HYSTERICS, AND, SECONDLY, THE FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
42. 42‘“LINES TO A BRASS POT
43. 43scene in question struck forcibly upon him; ‘what a dreadful instance of
44. 44CHAPTER XIX. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION
45. 45CHAPTER XX. SHOWING HOW DODSON AND FOGG WERE MEN OF BUSINESS, AND THEIR
46. 46THE NEXT ONE WILL BE
47. 47CHAPTER XXI. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE
48. 48THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT
49. 49THE OLD MAN’S TALE ABOUT THE QUEER CLIENT
50. 50CHAPTER XXII. MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTIC
51. 51ADVENTURE WITH A MIDDLE-AGED LADY IN YELLOW CURL-PAPERS
52. 52CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH MR. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIES
53. 53TO THE RETURN MATCH BETWEEN HIMSELF AND MR. TROTTER
54. 54CHAPTER XXIV. WHEREIN MR. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS, AND THE MIDDLE-
55. 55OF THE LAW
56. 56CHAPTER XXV. SHOWING, AMONG A VARIETY OF PLEASANT MATTERS, HOW MAJESTIC
57. 57WILL BE FOUND IN ITS PLACE
58. 58CHAPTER XXVI. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE
59. 59ACTION OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK
60. 60CHAPTER XXVII. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING, AND BEHOLDS
61. 61HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
62. 62CHAPTER XXVIII. A GOOD-HUMOURED CHRISTMAS CHAPTER, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT
63. 63KEPT UP, IN THESE DEGENERATE TIMES
64. 64A CHRISTMAS CAROL
65. 65CHAPTER XXIX. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON
66. 66CHAPTER XXX. HOW THE PICKWICKIANS MADE AND CULTIVATED THE ACQUAINTANCE
67. 67VISIT CAME TO A CONCLUSION
68. 68CHAPTER XXXI. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES
69. 69LEARNED THEREIN
70. 70CHAPTER XXXII. DESCRIBES, FAR MORE FULLY THAN THE COURT NEWSMAN EVER
71. 71BOROUGH
72. 72CHAPTER XXXIII. MR. WELLER THE ELDER DELIVERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTS
73. 73WITH THE RED NOSE
74. 74JUNCTION EBENEZER TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION
75. 75CHAPTER XXXIV. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THE
76. 76MEMORABLE TRIAL OF BARDELL AGAINST PICKWICK
77. 77CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH; AND
78. 78GOES ACCORDINGLY
79. 79CHAPTER XXXVI. THE CHIEF FEATURES OF WHICH WILL BE FOUND TO BE AN
80. 80AUTHENTIC VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF PRINCE BLADUD, AND A MOST
81. 81EXTRAORDINARY CALAMITY THAT BEFELL MR. WINKLE
82. 82THE TRUE LEGEND OF PRINCE BLADUD
83. 83CHAPTER XXXVII. HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR MR. WELLER’S ABSENCE, BY
84. 84IMPORTANCE
85. 85CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW MR. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN,
86. 86WALKED GENTLY AND COMFORTABLY INTO THE FIRE
87. 87CHAPTER XXXIX. MR. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION OF
88. 88CHAPTER XL. INTRODUCES MR. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENE
89. 89IN THE GREAT DRAMA OF LIFE
90. 90CHAPTER XLI. WHAT BEFELL MR. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET; WHAT
91. 91PRISONERS HE SAW THERE, AND HOW HE PASSED THE NIGHT
92. 92CHAPTER XLII. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB,
93. 93ANNOUNCEMENT TO MR. SAMUEL WELLER
94. 94CHAPTER XLIII. SHOWING HOW MR. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES
95. 95ROMANCE
96. 96I
97. 97CHORUS
98. 98II
99. 99CHAPTER XLIV. TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE
100. 100CHANCERY PRISONER OBTAINED HIS RELEASE AT LAST
101. 101CHAPTER XLV. DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR. SAMUEL
102. 102POSSIBLE
103. 103CHAPTER XLVI. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING, NOT UNMIXED
104. 104CHAPTER XLVII. IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS, AND THE
105. 105THAN HIS OBSTINACY
106. 106CHAPTER XLVIII. RELATES HOW MR. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAMUEL
107. 107MOLLIFY THE WRATH OF MR. ROBERT SAWYER
108. 108CHAPTER XLIX. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN’S UNCLE
109. 109CHAPTER L. HOW MR. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION, AND HOW HE WAS
110. 110REINFORCED IN THE OUTSET BY A MOST UNEXPECTED AUXILIARY
111. 111CHAPTER LI. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE--TO
112. 112MIGHT AND POWER
113. 113HOLE-AND-CORNER BUFFERY.
114. 114CHAPTER LII. INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY, AND THE
115. 115UNTIMELY DOWNFALL OF MR. STIGGINS
116. 116‘TONY VELLER.’
117. 117CHAPTER LIII. COMPRISING THE FINAL EXIT OF MR. JINGLE AND JOB TROTTER,
118. 118DOUBLE KNOCK AT MR. PERKER’S DOOR
119. 119CHAPTER LIV. CONTAINING SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DOUBLE KNOCK,
120. 120HISTORY
121. 121CHAPTER LV. MR. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE OF
122. 122COACHMEN, ARRANGES THE AFFAIRS OF THE ELDER MR. WELLER
123. 123CHAPTER LVI. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MR. PICKWICK
124. 124SNUFF-COLOURED SUIT ARRIVES UNEXPECTEDLY
125. 125CHAPTER LVII. IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED, AND
126. 126EVERYTHING CONCLUDED TO THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYBODY