Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charles Dickens
Part 2
35. What was behind Mr Pancks on Little Dorrit’s Hand
36. The Marshalsea becomes an Orphan
BOOK THE SECOND: RICHES
1. Fellow Travellers
2. Mrs General
3. On the Road
4. A Letter from Little Dorrit
5. Something Wrong Somewhere
6. Something Right Somewhere
7. Mostly, Prunes and Prism
8. The Dowager Mrs Gowan is reminded that ‘It Never Does’
9. Appearance and Disappearance
10. The Dreams of Mrs Flintwinch thicken
11. A Letter from Little Dorrit
12. In which a Great Patriotic Conference is holden
13. The Progress of an Epidemic
14. Taking Advice
15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons should not be joined together
16. Getting on
17. Missing
18. A Castle in the Air
19. The Storming of the Castle in the Air
20. Introduces the next
21. The History of a Self-Tormentor
22. Who Passes by this Road so late?
23. Mistress Affery makes a Conditional Promise, respecting her Dreams
24. The Evening of a Long Day
25. The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office
26. Reaping the Whirlwind
27. The Pupil of the Marshalsea
28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea
29. A Plea in the Marshalsea
30. Closing in
31. Closed
32. Going
33. Going!
34. Gone
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 --- Introduces all the Rest
CHAPTER 2 --- Of Mr. Ralph Nickleby, and his Establishments, and his Undertakings, and of a great Joint Stock Company of vast national Importance
CHAPTER 3 --- Mr. Ralph Nickleby receives Sad Tidings of his Brother, but bears up nobly against the Intelligence communicated to him. The Reader is informed how he liked Nicholas, who is herein introduced, and how kindly he proposed to make his Fortune at once.
CHAPTER 4 --- Nicholas and his Uncle (to secure the Fortune without loss of time) wait upon Mr. Wackford Squeers, the Yorkshire Schoolmaster
CHAPTER 5 --- Nicholas starts for Yorkshire. Of his Leave-taking and his Fellow-Travellers, and what befell them on the Road
CHAPTER 6 --- In which the Occurrence of the Accident mentioned in the last Chapter, affords an Opportunity to a couple of Gentlemen to tell Stories against each other
CHAPTER 7 --- Mr. and Mrs. Squeers at Home
CHAPTER 8 --- Of the Internal Economy of Dotheboys Hall
CHAPTER 9 --- Of Miss Squeers, Mrs. Squeers, Master Squeers, and Mr. Squeers; and of various Matters and Persons connected no less with the Squeerses than Nicholas Nickleby
CHAPTER 10 -- How Mr. Ralph Nickleby provided for his Niece and Sister-in-Law
CHAPTER 11 -- Newman Noggs inducts Mrs. and Miss Nickleby into their New Dwelling in the City
CHAPTER 12 -- Whereby the Reader will be enabled to trace the further course of Miss Fanny Squeer's Love, and to ascertain whether it ran smooth or otherwise
CHAPTER 13 -- Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding, which leads to Consequences of some Importance
CHAPTER 14 -- Nicholas varies the Monotony of Dothebys Hall by a most vigorous and remarkable proceeding, which leads to Consequences of some Importance
CHAPTER 15 -- Acquaints the Reader with the Cause and Origin of the Interruption described in the last Chapter, and with some other Matters necessary to be known
CHAPTER 16 -- Nicholas seeks to employ himself in a New Capacity, and being unsuccessful, accepts an engagement as Tutor in a Private Family
CHAPTER 17 -- Follows the Fortunes of Miss Nickleby
CHAPTER 18 -- Miss Knag, after doting on Kate Nickleby for three whole Days, makes up her Mind to hate her for evermore. The Causes which led Miss Knag to form this Resolution
CHAPTER 19 -- Descriptive of a Dinner at Mr. Ralph Nickleby's, and of the Manner in which the Company entertained themselves, before Dinner, at Dinner, and after Dinner.
CHAPTER 20 -- Wherein Nicholas at length encounters his Uncle, to whom he expresses his Sentiments with much Candour. His Resolution.
CHAPTER 21 -- Madam Mantalini finds herself in a Situation of some Difficulty, and Miss Nickleby finds herself in no Situation at all
CHAPTER 22 -- Nicholas, accompanied by Smike, sallies forth to seek his Fortune. He encounters Mr. Vincent Crummles; and who he was, is herein made manifest
CHAPTER 23 -- Treats of the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and of his Affairs, Domestic and Theatrical
CHAPTER 24 -- Of the Great Bespeak for Miss Snevellicci, and the first Appearance of Nicholas upon any Stage
CHAPTER 25 -- Concerning a young Lady from London, who joins the Company, and an elderly Admirer who follows in her Train; with an affecting Ceremony consequent on their Arrival
CHAPTER 26 -- Is fraught with some Danger to Miss Nickleby's Peace of Mind
CHAPTER 27 -- Mrs. Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck, whose Affection and Interest are beyond all Bounds
CHAPTER 28 -- Miss Nickleby, rendered desperate by the Persecution of Sir Mulberry Hawk, and the Complicated Difficulties and Distresses which surround her, appeals, as a last resource, to her Uncle for Protection
CHAPTER 29 -- Of the Proceedings of Nicholas, and certain Internal Divisions in the Company of Mr. Vincent Crummles
CHAPTER 30 -- Festivities are held in honour of Nicholas, who suddenly withdraws himself from the Society of Mr. Vincent Crummles and his Theatrical Companions
CHAPTER 31 -- Of Ralph Nickleby and Newman Noggs, and some wise Precautions, the success or failure of which will appear in the Sequel
CHAPTER 32 -- Relating chiefly to some remarkable Conversation, and some remarkable Proceedings to which it gives rise
CHAPTER 33 -- In which Mr. Ralph Nickleby is relieved, by a very expeditious Process, from all Commerce with his Relations
CHAPTER 34 -- Wherein Mr. Ralph Nickleby is visited by Persons with whom the Reader has been already made acquainted
CHAPTER 35 -- Smike becomes known to Mrs. Nickleby and Kate. Nicholas also meets with new Acquaintances. Brighter Days seem to dawn upon the Family
CHAPTER 36 -- Private and confidential; relating to Family Matters. Showing how Mr Kenwigs underwent violent Agitation, and how Mrs. Kenwigs was as well as could be expected
CHAPTER 37 -- Nicholas finds further Favour in the Eyes of the brothers Cheeryble and Mr Timothy Linkinwater. The brothers give a Banquet on a great Annual Occasion. Nicholas, on returning Home from it, receives a mysterious and important Disclosure from the Lips of Mrs. Nickleby
CHAPTER 38 -- Comprises certain Particulars arising out of a Visit of Condolence, which may prove important hereafter. Smike unexpectedly encounters a very old Friend, who invites him to his House, and will take no Denial
CHAPTER 39 -- In which another old Friend encounters Smike, very opportunely and to some Purpose
CHAPTER 40 -- In which Nicholas falls in Love. He employs a Mediator, whose Proceedings are crowned with unexpected Success, excepting in one solitary Particular
CHAPTER 41 -- Containing some Romantic Passages between Mrs. Nickleby and the Gentleman in the Small-clothes next Door
CHAPTER 42 -- Illustrative of the convivial Sentiment, that the best of Friends must sometimes part
CHAPTER 43 -- Officiates as a kind of Gentleman Usher, in bringing various People together
CHAPTER 44 -- Mr. Ralph Nickleby cuts an old Acquaintance. It would also appear from the Contents hereof, that a Joke, even between Husband and Wife, may be sometimes carried too far
CHAPTER 45 -- Containing Matter of a surprising Kind
CHAPTER 46 -- Throws some Light upon Nicholas's Love; but whether for Good or Evil the Reader must determine
CHAPTER 47 -- Mr. Ralph Nickleby has some confidential Intercourse with another old Friend. They concert between them a Project, which promises well for both
CHAPTER 48 -- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Vincent Crummles, and positively his last Appearance on this Stage
CHAPTER 49 -- Chronicles the further Proceedings of the Nickleby Family, and the Sequel of the Adventure of the Gentleman in the Small-clothes
CHAPTER 50 -- Involves a serious Catastrophe
CHAPTER 51 -- The Project of Mr. Ralph Nickleby and his Friend approaching a successful Issue, becomes unexpectedly known to another Party, not admitted into their Confidence
CHAPTER 52 -- Nicholas despairs of rescuing Madeline Bray, but plucks up his Spirits again, and determines to attempt it. Domestic Intelligence of the Kenwigses and Lillyvicks
CHAPTER 53 -- Containing the further Progress of the Plot contrived by Mr. Ralph Nickleby and Mr. Arthur Gride
CHAPTER 54 -- The Crisis of the Project and its Result
CHAPTER 55 -- Of Family Matters, Cares, Hopes, Disappointments, and Sorrows
CHAPTER 56 -- Ralph Nickleby, baffled by his Nephew in his late Design, hatches a Scheme of Retaliation which Accident suggests to him, and takes into his Counsels a tried Auxiliary
CHAPTER 57 -- How Ralph Nickleby's Auxiliary went about his Work, and how he prospered with it
CHAPTER 58 -- In which one Scene of this History is closed
CHAPTER 59 -- The Plots begin to fail, and Doubts and Dangers to disturb the Plotter
CHAPTER 60 -- The Dangers thicken, and the Worst is Told
CHAPTER 61 -- Wherein Nicholas and his Sister forfeit the good Opinion of all worldly and prudent People
CHAPTER 62 -- Ralph makes one last Appointment-and keeps it
CHAPTER 63 -- The Brothers Cheeryble make various Declarations for themselves and others. Tim Linkinwater makes a Declaration for himself
CHAPTER 64 -- An old Acquaintance is recognised under melancholy Circumstances, and Dotheboys Hall breaks up for ever
CHAPTER 65 -- Conclusion
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
PREFACE
POSTSCRIPT
CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTORY, CONCERNING THE PEDIGREE OF THE CHUZZLEWIT FAMILY
CHAPTER 2 --- WHEREIN CERTAIN PERSONS ARE PRESENTED TO THE READER, WITH WHOM HE MAY, IF HE PLEASE, BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER 3 --- IN WHICH CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS ARE INTRODUCED; ON THE SAME TERMS AS IN THE LAST CHAPTER
CHAPTER 4 --- FROM WHICH IT WILL APPEAR THAT IF UNION BE STRENGTH, AND FAMILY AFFECTION BE PLEASANT TO CONTEMPLATE, THE CHUZZLEWITS WERE THE STRONGEST AND MOST AGREEABLE FAMILY IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER 5 --- CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE INSTALLATION OF MR PECKSNIFF'S NEW PUPIL INTO THE BOSOM OF MR PECKSNIFF'S FAMILY. WITH ALL THE FESTIVITIES HELD ON THAT OCCASION, AND THE GREAT ENJOYMENT OF MR PINCH
CHAPTER 6 --- COMPRISES, AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS, PECKSNIFFIAN AND ARCHITECTURAL, AND EXACT RELATION OF THE PROGRESS MADE BY MR PINCH IN THE CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP OF THE NEW PUPIL
CHAPTER 7 --- IN WHICH MR CHEVY SLYME ASSERTS THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS SPIRIT, AND THE BLUE DRAGON LOSES A LIMB
CHAPTER 8 --- ACCOMPANIES MR PECKSNIFF AND HIS CHARMING DAUGHTERS TO THE CITY OF LONDON; AND RELATES WHAT FELL OUT UPON THEIR WAY THITHER
CHAPTER 9 --- TOWN AND TODGER'S
CHAPTER 10 -- CONTAINING STRANGE MATTER, ON WHICH MANY EVENTS IN THIS HISTORY MAY, FOR THEIR GOOD OR EVIL INFLUENCE, CHIEFLY DEPEND
CHAPTER 11 -- WHEREIN A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN BECOMES PARTICULAR IN HIS ATTENTIONS TO A CERTAIN LADY; AND MORE COMING EVENTS THAN ONE, CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE
CHAPTER 12 -- WILL BE SEEN IN THE LONG RUN, IF NOT IN THE SHORT ONE, TO CONCERN MR PINCH AND OTHERS, NEARLY. MR PECKSNIFF ASSERTS THE DIGNITY OF OUTRAGED VIRTUE. YOUNG MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT FORMS A DESPERATE RESOLUTION
CHAPTER 13 -- SHOWING WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN AND HIS DESPARATE RESOLVE, AFTER HE LEFT MR PECKSNIFF'S HOUSE; WHAT PERSONS HE ENCOUNTERED; WHAT ANXIETIES HE SUFFERED; AND WHAT NEWS HE HEARD
CHAPTER 14 -- IN WHICH MARTIN BIDS ADIEU TO THE LADY OF HIS LOVE; AND HONOURS AN OBSCURE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE FORTUNE HE INTENDS TO MAKE BY COMMENDING HER TO HIS PROTECTION
CHAPTER 15 -- THE BURDEN WHEREOF, IS HAIL COLUMBIA!
CHAPTER 16 -- MARTIN DISEMBARKS FROM THAT NOBLE AND FAST-SAILING LINE-OF-PACKET SHIP, 'THE SCREW', AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE MAKES SOME ACQUAINTANCES, AND DINES AT A BOARDING-HOUSE. THE PARTICULARS OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 17 -- MARTIN ENLARGES HIS CIRCLE OF AQUAINTANCE; INCREASES HIS STOCK OF WISDOM; AND HAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY OF COMPARING HIS OWN EXPERIENCES WITH THOSE OF LUMMY NED OF THE LIGHT SALISBURY, AS RELATED BY HIS FRIEND MR WILLIAM SIMMONS
CHAPTER 18 -- DOES BUSINESS WITH THE HOUSE OF ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT AND SON, FROM WHICH ONE OF THE PARTNERS RETIRES UNEXPECTEDLY
CHAPTER 19 -- THE READER IS BROUGHT INTO COMMUNICATION WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, AND SHEDS A TEAR OVER THE FILIAL PIETY OF GOOD MR JONAS
CHAPTER 20 -- IS A CHAPTER OF LOVE
CHAPTER 21 -- MORE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES, MARTIN TAKES A PARTNER, AND MAKES A PURCHASE. SOME ACCOUNT OF EDEN, AS IT APPEARED ON PAPER. ALSO OF THE BRITISH LION. ALSO OF THE KIND OF SYMPATHY PROFESSED AND ENTERTAINED BY THE WATERTOAST ASSOCIATION OF UNITED SYMPATHISERS
CHAPTER 22 -- FROM WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT MARTIN BECAME A LION OF HIS OWN ACCOUNT. TOGETHER WITH THE REASON WHY
CHAPTER 23 -- MARTIN AND HIS PARTNER TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR ESTATE. THE JOYFUL OCCASION INVOLVES SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF EDEN
CHAPTER 24 -- REPORTS PROGRESS IN CERTAIN HOMELY MATTERS OF LOVE, HATRED, JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE
CHAPTER 25 -- IS IN PART PROFESSIONAL, AND FURNISHES THE READER WITH SOME VALUABLE HINTS IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF A SICK CHAMBER
CHAPTER 26 -- AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, AND A PROMISING PROSPECT
CHAPTER 27 -- SHOWING THAT OLD FRIENDS MAY NOT ONLY APPEAR WITH NEW FACES, BUT IN FALSE COLOURS. THAT PEOPLE ARE PRONE TO BITE, AND THAT BITERS MAY SOMETIMES BE BITTEN.
CHAPTER 28 -- MR. MONTAGUE AT HOME. AND MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT AT HOME
CHAPTER 29 -- IN WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE PRECOCIOUS, OTHERS PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHERS MYSTERIOUS; ALL IN THEIR SEVERAL WAYS
CHAPTER 30 -- PROVES THAT CHANGES MAY BE RUNG IN THE BEST-REGULATED FAMILIES, AND THAT MR PECKNIFF WAS A SPECIAL HAND AT A TRIPLE-BOB-MAJOR
CHAPTER 31 -- MR PINCH IS DISCHARGED OF A DUTY WHICH HE NEVER OWED TO ANYBODY, AND MR PECKSNIFF DISCHARGES A DUTY WHICH HE OWES TO SOCIETY
CHAPTER 32 -- TREATS OF TODGER'S AGAIN; AND OF ANOTHER BLIGHTED PLANT BESIDES THE PLANTS UPON THE LEADS
CHAPTER 33 -- FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN EDEN, AND A PROCEEDING OUT OF IT. MARTIN MAKES A DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER 34 -- IN WHICH THE TRAVELLERS MOVE HOMEWARD, AND ENCOUNTER SOME DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS UPON THE WAY
CHAPTER 35 -- ARRIVING IN ENGLAND, MARTIN WITNESSES A CEREMONY, FROM WHICH HE DERIVES THE CHEERING INFORMATION THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN HIS ABSENCE
CHAPTER 36 -- TOM PINCH DEPARTS TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. WHAT HE FINDS AT STARTING
CHAPTER 37 -- TOM PINCH, GOING ASTRAY, FINDS THAT HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THAT PREDICAMENT. HE RETALIATES UPON A FALLEN FOE
CHAPTER 38 -- SECRET SERVICE
CHAPTER 39 -- CONTAINING SOME FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE PINCHES; WITH STRANGE NEWS FROM THE CITY, NARROWLY CONCERNING TOM
CHAPTER 40 -- THE PINCHES MAKE A NEW ACQUAINTANCE, AND HAVE FRESH OCCASION FOR SURPRISE AND WONDER
CHAPTER 41 -- MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND, ARRIVING AT A PLEASANT UNDERSTANDING, SET FORTH UPON AN ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER 42 -- CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 43 -- HAS AN INFLUENCE ON THE FORTUNES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. MR PECKSNIFF IS EXHIBITED IN THE PLENITUDE OF POWER; AND WIELDS THE SAME WITH FORTITUDE AND MAGNANIMITY
CHAPTER 44 -- FURTHER CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 45 -- IN WHICH TOM PINCH AND HIS SISTER TAKE A LITTLE PLEASURE; BUT QUITE IN A DOMESTIC WAY, AND WITH NO CEREMONY ABOUT IT
CHAPTER 46 -- IN WHICH MISS PECKSNIFF MAKES LOVE, MR JONAS MAKES WRATH, MRS GAMP MAKES TEA, AND MR CHUFFEY MAKES BUSINESS
CHAPTER 47 -- CONCLUSION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 48 -- BEARS TIDINGS OF MARTIN AND OF MARK, AS WELL AS OF A THIRD PERSON NOT QUITE UNKNOWN TO THE READER. EXHIBITS FILIAL PIETY IN AN UGLY ASPECT; AND CASTS A DOUBTFUL RAY OF LIGHT UPON A VERY DARK PLACE
CHAPTER 49 -- IN WHICH MRS HARRIS ASSISTED BY A TEAPOT, IS THE CAUSE OF A DIVISION BETWEEN FRIENDS
CHAPTER 50 -- SURPRISES TOM PINCH VERY MUCH, AND SHOWS HOW CERTAIN CONFIDENCES PASSED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SISTER
CHAPTER 51 -- SHEDS NEW AND BRIGHTER LIGHT UPON THE VERY DARK PLACE; AND CONTAINS THE SEQUEL OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND
CHAPTER 52 -- IN WHICH THE TABLES ARE TURNED, COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN
CHAPTER 53 -- WHAT JOHN WESTLOCK SAID TO TOM PINCH'S SISTER; WHAT TOM PINCH'S SISTER SAID TO JOHN WESTLOCK; WHAT TOM PINCH SAID TO BOTH OF THEM; AND HOW THEY ALL PASSED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY
CHAPTER 54 -- GIVES THE AUTHOR GREAT CONCERN. FOR IT IS THE LAST IN THE BOOK
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
CONTENTS
The Haunted House
121
The Trial For Murder
303
The Signal-Man
312
GREAT EXPECTATIONS [1867 Edition] by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Chapter XLV
Chapter XLVI
Chapter XLVII
Chapter XLVIII
Chapter XLIX
Chapter L
Chapter LI
Chapter LII
Chapter LIII
Chapter LIV
Chapter LV
Chapter LVI
Chapter LVII
Chapter LVIII
Chapter LIX
SOME SHORT CHRISTMAS STORIES By Charles Dickens
CONTENTS.
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A Christmas Tree
1
What Christmas is as we Grow Older
23
The Poor Relation’s Story
31
The Child’s Story
47
The Schoolboy’s Story
55
Nobody’s Story
69
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 CONTENTS
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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
111
No. 3 Branch Line: The Compensation House.
By Charles Collins
125
No. 4 Branch Line: The Travelling Post-Office.
By Hesba Stretton
154
No. 5 Branch Line: The Engineer.
By Amelia B. Edwards
187
POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS By Charles Dickens Collected and Edited, with Bibliographical Notes, by F. G. Kitton
CONTENTS PAGE 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 [Pg x] 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
[Pg xi] 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 A LOVE STORY ILLUSTRATIONS. Title. Artist. Engraver. Frontispiece D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Title D. Maclise, R.A. Thompson. Part the First R. Doyle. Dalziel. War C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. Peace C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Parting Breakfast J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Second R. Doyle. Green. Snitchey and Craggs J. Leech. Dalziel. The Secret Interview D. Maclise, R.A. Williams. The Night of the Return J. Leech. Dalziel. Part the Third R. Doyle. Dalziel. The Nutmeg Grater C. Stanfield, R.A. Williams. The Sisters D. Maclise, R.A. Williams.