I The PickwickiansII The fist day’s journey, and the first evening’s adventures;with their consequencesIII A new acquaintance. The stroller’s tale. A disagreeableinterruption and an unpleasant rencontreIV Afield-day and bivouac. More new friends. An invitation tothe countryV A short one. Showing, among other matters, how Mr Pickwickundertook to drive, and Mr Winkle to ride; and howthey both did itVI An old-fashioned card party. The clergyman’s verses. The storyof the convict’s returnVII How Mr Winkle, instead of shooting at the pigeon and killingthe 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 mattersVIII Strongly illustrative of the position, that the course oftrue love is not a railwayIX A discovery and a chaseX Clearing up all doubts (if any existed) of the disinterestednessof Mr Jingle’s characterXI Involving another journey, and an antiquarian discovery.Recording Mr Pickwick’s determination to be present at anelection; and containing a manuscript of the old clergyman’sXII DeScriptive of a very important proceeding on the part ofMr Pickwick; no less an epoch in his life, than in this historyXIII Some account of Eatanswill; of the state of parties therein; andof the election of a member to serve in Parliament forthat ancient, loyal, and patriotic boroughXIV Comprising a brief description of the company at the Peacockassembled and a tale told by a bagmanXV In which is given a faithful portraiture of two distinguishedpersons: and an accurate description of a public breakfast intheir house and grounds; which public breakfast leads to therecognition of an old acquaintance, and the commencementof another chapterXVI Too full of adventure to he briefly describedXVII Showing that an attack of rheumatism, in some cases, acts as aquickener to inventive geniusXVIII Briefly illustrative of two points-first, the power of hysterics,and, secondly, the force of circumstancesXlX A pleasant day, with an unpleasant terminationXX Showing how Dodson and Fogg were men of business, andtheir clerks men of pleasure; and how an affecting interviewtook place between Mr Weller and his long-lost parent; showingalso what choice spirits assembled at the Magpie and Stump,and what a capital chapter the next one will beXXI In which the old man launches forth into his favourite theme,and relates a story about a queer clientXXII Mr Pickwick journeys to Ipswich, and meets with a romanticadventure with a middle-aged lady in yellow curl papersXXIII In which Mr Samuel Weller begins to devote his energiesto the return match between himself and Mr TrotterXXlV Wherein Mr Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-agealady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians withinthe grasp of the lawXXV Showing, among a variety of pleasant matters, how majesticand impartial Mr Nupkins was; and how Mr Wellerreturned Mr Job Trotter’s shuttlecock as heavily as it came.With another matter, which will be found in its placeXXVI Which contains a brief account of the progress of the action ofBardell against PickwickXXVII Samuel Weller makes a pilgrimage to Dorking, and beholdshis mother-in-lawXXVIII A good-humoured Christmas chapter, containing an account ofa wedding, and some other sports beside: which although, intheir way, even as good customs as marriage itself, are not quiteso religiously kept up in these degenerate timesXXIX The story of the goblins who stole a sextonXXX Hew the Pickwickians made and cultivated the acquaintanceof a couple of nice young men belonging to one titheliberal professions; hew they disported themselves on the ice;and how their first visit came to a conclusionXXXI Which is all about the law, and sundry great authorities learnedthereinXXXII Describes, far more fully than the court newsman ever did,a bacbelor’s party, given by Mr Bob Sawer at his lodgingsin the BoroughXXXIII Mr Weller the elder delivers some critical sentiments respectingliterary composition; and, assisted by his son Samuel, pays asmall instalment of retaliation to the account of the reverendgentleman with the red noseXXXIV Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful report of the memorabletrial of Bardell against PickwickXXXV In which Mr Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath; andgoes accordinglyXXXVI The chief features of which will be found to be an authenticversion of the legend of Prince Bladud, and a most extraordinarycalamity that befell Mr WinkleXXXVII Honourably accounts for Mr Weller’s absence by describinga soiree to which he was invited and went; also relates hewhe was entrusted by Mr Pickwick with a private missionof delicacy and importanceXXXVIII Hew Mr Winkle, when be stepped out of the frying-pan,walked gently and comfortably into the fireXXXIX Mr Samuel Weller, being entrusted with a mission of love,proceeds to execute it; with what success will hereinafier appearXL Introduces Mr Pickwick to a new and not uninteresting scenein the great drama of lifeXLI What befell Mr Pickwick when he got into the Fleet;what prisoners he saw there; and how he passed the nightXLII Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old proverb thatadversity brings a man acquainted with strange bedfellows.Likewise containing Mr Pickwick’s extraordinary and startlingannouncement to Mr Samuel WellerXLIII Shewing hew Mr Samuel Weller got into difficultiesXLIV Treats of divers little matters which occurred in the Fleet, andof Mr Winkle's mysterious behaviour, and shows how the poorChancery prisoner obtained his release at lastXLV Descriptive of an affecting interview between Mr Samuel Wellerand a family party. Mr Pickwick makes a tour of thediminutive world he inhabits, and resolves to mix with it,in future, as little as possibleXLVI Records a touching act of delicate feeling, not unmixed withpleasantry, achieved and performed by Messrs Dodson and FoggXLWII Is chiefly devoted to matters of business, and the temporaladvantage of Dodson and Fogg. Mr Winkle reappears underextraordinary circumstances. Mr Pickwick's benevolenceproves stronger than his obstinacyXLVIII Relates how Mr Pickwick, with the assistance of Samud Weller,essayed to soften the heart of Mr Benjamin Allen andto mollify the wrath of Mr Robert SawyerXLIX Containing the story of the bagman's uncle L How Mr Pickwick sped upon his mission, and how he was reinforced in the outset by a most unexpected auxiliary LI In which Mr Pickwick encounters an old acquaintance, to which fortunate circumstances the reader is mainly indebted for matter of thrilling interest herein set down, concerning two great public men of might and power LII Involving a serious change in the Weller family and the untimely downfall of the red-nosed Mr Stiggins LIII Comprising the final exit of Mr Fingle and Job Trotter; with a great morning of business in Gray 's Inn Square. Concluding with a double knock at Mr Perker's door LIV Containing some particulars relative to the double knock, and other matters: among which certain interesting disclosures relative to Mr Snodgrass and a young lady are by no means irrelevant to this history LV Mr Solomon Pell, assirted by a select committee of coachmen, arranges the affairs of the elder Mr Weller LVI An important conference takes place between Mr Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his parent assists. An old gentleman in a snuff-coloured suit arrives unexpectedly LVII In which the Pickwick Club is finally dissolved, and everything concluded to the satisfaction of everybody