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The History of Pendennis

The History of Pendennis

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Credits
Tapio Riikonen and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
7265
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7265
Release Date
January 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS — His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy — By William Makepeace Thackeray — Contents
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.PENDENNIS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. A Pedigree and other Family Matters
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. Mrs. Haller
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. Mrs. Haller at Home
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Contains both Love and War
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. In which the Major makes his Appearance
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader is informed who little Laura was.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. In which the Major opens the Campaign
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. Facing the Enemy
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. Negotiation
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. In which a Shooting Match is proposed
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. A Crisis
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. The happy Village
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. More Storms in the Puddle
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. Which concludes the first Part of this History
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. Alma Mater
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. Pendennis of Boniface
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. Rake’s Progress
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. Flight after Defeat
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. Prodigal’s Return
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. New Faces
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. A Little Innocent
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. Contains both Love and Jealousy
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. A House full of Visitors
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. Contains some Ball-practising
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. Babylon
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. The Knights of the Temple
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. Old and new Acquaintances
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. In which the Printer’s Devil comes to the Door
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. Dinner in the Row
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. The Pall Mall Gazette
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. Where Pen appears in Town and Country
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. In which the Sylph reappears
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. In which Colonel Altamont appears and disappears
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL. Relates to Mr. Harry Foker’s Affairs
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. Contains a novel Incident
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. Alsatia
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. In which the Colonel narrates some of his Adventures
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. A Chapter of Conversations
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. Miss Amory’s Partners
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. Monseigneur s’amuse
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. A Visit of Politeness
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. In Shepherd’s Inn
  54. 54.CHAPTER L. In or near the Temple Garden
  55. 55.CHAPTER LI. The happy Village again
  56. 56.CHAPTER LII. Which had very nearly been the last of the Story
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIII. A critical Chapter
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIV. Convalescence
  59. 59.CHAPTER LV. Fanny’s Occupation’s gone
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVI. In which Fanny engages a new Medical Man
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVII. Foreign Ground
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII. “Fairoaks to let”
  63. 63.CHAPTER LIX. Old Friends
  64. 64.CHAPTER LX. Explanations
  65. 65.CHAPTER LXI. Conversations
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXII. The Way of the World
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXIII. Which accounts perhaps for Chapter LXI.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXIV. Phyllis and Corydon
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXV. Temptation
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXVI. In which Pen begins his Canvass
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXVII. In which Pen begins to doubt about his Election
  72. 72.CHAPTER LXVIII. In which the Major is bidden to Stand and Deliver
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXIX. In which the Major neither yields his Money nor his Life
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXX. In which Pendennis counts his Eggs
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXXI. Fiat Justitia
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXXII. In which the Decks begin to clear
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXXIII. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huxter
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXXIV. Shows how Arthur had better have taken a Return-ticket
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXXV. A Chapter of Match-making
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXXVI. Exeunt Omnes

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