The Pickwick Papers Read online

  Produced by Jo Churcher, and David Widger

  THE PICKWICK PAPERS

  By Charles Dickens

  CONTENTS

  THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB

  CHAPTER I. ??THE PICKWICKIANS

  CHAPTER II. ??THE FIRST DAY'S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING'SADVENTURES; WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES

  CHAPTER III. ??A NEW ACQUAINTANCE--THE STROLLER'S TALE; A DISAGREEABLEINTERRUPTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT ENCOUNTER

  CHAPTER IV. ??A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC--MORE NEW FRIENDS

  CHAPTER V. ??A SHORT ONE--SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS

  CHAPTER VI. ??AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY--THE CLERGYMAN'S VERSES

  CHAPTER VII. ??HOW MR. WINKLE, INSTEAD OF SHOOTING AT THE PIGEON

  CHAPTER VIII. ??STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION

  CHAPTER IX. ??A DISCOVERY AND A CHASE

  CHAPTER X. ??CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED)

  CHAPTER XI. ??INVOLVING ANOTHER JOURNEY, AND AN ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY

  CHAPTER XII. ??DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING

  CHAPTER XIII. ??SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIES

  CHAPTER XIV. ??COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY

  CHAPTER XV. ??IN WHICH IS GIVEN A FAITHFUL PORTRAITURE

  CHAPTER XVI. ??TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED

  CHAPTER XVII. ??SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM

  CHAPTER XVIII. ??BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS

  CHAPTER XIX. ??A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATION

  CHAPTER XX. ??SHOWING HOW DODSON AND FOGG WERE MEN OF BUSINESS

  CHAPTER XXI. ??IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH

  CHAPTER XXII. ??MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH AROMANTIC

  CHAPTER XXIII. ??IN WHICH MR. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HISENERGIES

  CHAPTER XXIV. ??WHEREIN MR. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS

  CHAPTER XXV. ??SHOWING, AMONG A VARIETY OF PLEASANT MATTERS, HOWMAJESTIC

  CHAPTER XXVI. ??WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS

  CHAPTER XXVII. ??SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING

  CHAPTER XXVIII. ??A GOOD-HUMOURED CHRISTMAS CHAPTER

  CHAPTER XXIX. ??THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON

  CHAPTER XXX. ??HOW THE PICKWICKIANS MADE AND CULTIVATED THE ACQUAINTANCE

  CHAPTER XXXI. ??WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIES

  CHAPTER XXXII. ??DESCRIBES, FAR MORE FULLY THAN THE COURT NEWSMAN EVER

  CHAPTER XXXIII. ??MR. WELLER THE ELDER DELIVERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTS

  CHAPTER XXXIV. ??IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT

  CHAPTER XXXV. ??IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH

  CHAPTER XXXVI. ??THE CHIEF FEATURES OF WHICH WILL BE FOUND

  CHAPTER XXXVII. ??HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR MR. WELLER'S ABSENCE

  CHAPTER XXXVIII. ????HOW MR. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN

  CHAPTER XXXIX. ??MR. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION

  CHAPTER XL. ??INTRODUCES MR. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTINGSCENE

  CHAPTER XLI. ??WHAT BEFELL MR. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET

  CHAPTER XLII. ??ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB

  CHAPTER XLIII. ??SHOWING HOW Mr. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES

  CHAPTER LXIV. ??TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED

  CHAPTER XLIV. ??DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW

  CHAPTER XLVI. ??RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING

  CHAPTER XLVII. ??IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS

  CHAPTER XLVIII. ??RELATES HOW MR. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OFSAMUEL

  CHAPTER XLIX. ??CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN'S UNCLE

  CHAPTER L. ??HOW MR. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION

  CHAPTER LI. ??IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE

  CHAPTER LII. ??INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY

  CHAPTER LIII. ??COMPRISING THE FINAL EXIT OF MR. JINGLE AND JOB TROTTER

  CHAPTER LIV. ??CONTAINING SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DOUBLE KNOCK

  CHAPTER LV. ??MR. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE

  CHAPTER LVI. ??AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE

  CHAPTER LVII. ??IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED