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Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 1 (of 2)
Author: Charles Dickens
Illustrator: Cecil Aldin
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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 FIRST
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
31 West Twenty-Third Street
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| The Pickwickians | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The First Day’s Journey, and the First Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences | 7 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A New Acquaintance. The Stroller’s Tale. A Disagreeable Interruption, and an Unpleasant Encounter | 39 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| A Field-Day and Bivouac. More New Friends. An Invitation to the Country | 52 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| A Short One. Showing, among other Matters, how Mr. Pickwick undertook to Drive, and Mr. Winkle to Ride; and how they both did it | 66 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| An Old-fashioned Card-party. The Clergyman’s Verses. The Story of the Convict’s Return | 78 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| 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 | 95 |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Strongly Illustrative of the Position, that the Course of True Love is not a Railway | 111 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| A Discovery and a Chase | 126 |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Clearing up all Doubts (if any Existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. Jingle’s Character | 136 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| 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 | 152 |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Descriptive of a very important Proceeding on the part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an Epoch in his Life, than in this History | 173 |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| 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 | 181 |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| Comprising a Brief Description of the Company at the Peacock assembled; and a Tale told by a Bagman | 202 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| 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 | 222 |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| Too full of Adventure to be Briefly Described | 238 |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| Showing that an Attack of Rheumatism in some cases, acts as a Quickener to Inventive Genius | 261 |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| Briefly illustrative of Two Points;—First, the Power of Hysterics, and, Secondly, the Force of Circumstances | 271 |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| A Pleasant Day, with an Unpleasant Termination | 283 |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of Pleasure; and how an affecting Interview took place between Mr. Weller and his Long-lost Parent; showing also what Choice Spirits assembled at the Magpie and Stump, and what a Capital Chapter the Next One will be | 300 |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| In which the Old Man launches forth into his Favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a Queer Client | 319 |
| CHAPTER XXII | |
| Mr. Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich, and meets with a Romantic Adventure with a Middle-aged Lady in Yellow Curl-papers | 338 |
| CHAPTER XXIII | |
| In which Mr. Samuel Weller begins to devote his Energies to the Return Match between himself and Mr. Trotter | 357 |
| CHAPTER XXIV | |
| Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the Middle-aged Lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the Grasp of the Law | 367 |
| CHAPTER XXV | |
| Showing, among a variety of Pleasant Matters, how Majestic and Impartial Mr. Nupkins was, and how Mr. Weller returned Mr. Job Trotter’s Shuttlecock as heavily as it came. With another Matter, which will be found in its Place | 385 |
| CHAPTER XXVI | |
| Which contains a Brief Account of the Progress of the Action of Bardell against Pickwick | 407 |
| CHAPTER XXVII | |
| Samuel Weller makes a Pilgrimage to Dorking, and beholds his Mother-in-law | 415 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII | |
| A Good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside: which although in their Way even as Good Customs as Marriage itself, are not quite so religiously kept up, in these Degenerate Times | 426 |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| IN COLOUR | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Pickwick Club | Frontispiece | |
| “Wo—o!” cried Mr. Pickwick. “Wo—o!” echoed Mr. Tupman and Mr. Snodgrass from the bin | Facing page 70 | |
| Mr. Pickwick ran to his assistance | „ | 72 |
| “Bless my soul!” said Mr. Winkle, “I declare I forgot the cap” | „ | 98 |
| “Love to Tuppy—won’t you get up behind?—drive on, boys,” replied Jingle | „ | 134 |
| Sam at the White Hart | „ | 142 |
| At the table sat Mr. Tupman, looking as unlike a man who had taken his leave of this world as possible | „ | 156 |
| “She looked up in Tom’s face and smiled through her tears” | „ | 220 |
| “I won’t suffer this barrow to be moved another step unless Winkle carries that gun of his in a different manner” | „ | 286 |
| “Take example of your father, my boy, and be very careful o’ widders all your life” | „ | 310 |
| “I trust, ma’am,” resumed Mr. Pickwick, “that my unblemished character and the devoted respect I entertain for your sex——” | „ | 354 |
| “Mother-in-law,” said Sam, “how are you?” | „ | 418 |
| A distant response is heard from the yard, and Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Tupman come running down it | „ | 430 |
| IN TEXT | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| Heading to Chapter I | 1 |
| Heading to Chapter II | 7 |
| “Weeks!” said Mr. Pickwick in astonishment—and out came the note-book again | 9 |
| “What’s the fun?” said a rather tall thin young man | 11 |
| “My name is Winkle, sir” | 28 |
| Heading to Chapter III | 39 |
| Heading to Chapter IV | 52 |
| “Damn that boy, he’s gone to sleep again” | 59 |
| Heading to Chapter V | 66 |
| “T’other side, sir, if you please” | 71 |
| Heading to Chapter VI | 78 |
| Heading to Chapter VII | 95 |
| Heading to Chapter VIII | 111 |
| “He must have been fast asleep,” whispered Mr. Tupman | 115 |
| Heading to Chapter IX | 126 |
| “Here I am; but I han’t a willin” | 127 |
| Heading to Chapter X | 136 |
| Sam Weller at the keyhole | 146 |
| Heading to Chapter XI | 152 |
| “There is an inscription here,” said Mr. Pickwick | 158 |
| Heading to Chapter XII | 173 |
| “Oh, you kind, good, playful dear” | 176 |
| Heading to Chapter XIII | 181 |
| “He has patted the babies on the head” | 196 |
| Heading to Chapter XIV | 202 |
| “No other than Tom Smart” | 207 |
| Heading to Chapter XV | 222 |
| Mr. Pickwick, with the Brigand on one arm, and the Troubadour on the other | 230 |
| Heading to Chapter XVI | 238 |
| “Looks as convivial as a live trout in a lime-basket” | 244 |
| “Who’s there?” screamed a numerous chorus of treble voices | 254 |
| Heading to Chapter XVII | 261 |
| “Open it flew, disclosing Nathaniel Pipkin” | 268 |
| Heading to Chapter XVIII | 271 |
| Heading to Chapter XIX | 283 |
| “Who are you, you rascal?” | 296 |
| Heading to Chapter XX | 300 |
| Heading to Chapter XXI | 319 |
| Heading to Chapter XXII | 338 |
| “Sam,” said Mr. Pickwick, “Where’s my bedroom?” | 355 |
| Heading to Chapter XXIII | 357 |
| Heading to Chapter XXIV | 367 |
| Heading to Chapter XXV | 385 |
| “You don’t mean to say you did that on purpose?” | 405 |
| Heading to Chapter XXVI | 407 |
| Mrs. Bardell and her two friends were getting on very well | 410 |
| Heading to Chapter XXVII | 415 |
| Heading to Chapter XXVIII | 426 |
| “Aha!” said the fat boy | 432 |