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Chapter 2 Fights between best friends usually stem from either money or men. Given that I had no money, I figured the only reason my best friend was being so cold must be because of a man. But as I st...

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE STEP-DAME’S SUSPICIONS BEING AWAKENED, SHE LAYS A SNARE FOR OUR ADVENTURER, FROM WHICH HE IS DELIVERED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HIS GOOD GENIUS. Though the husband swallowed the b...

CHAPTER XXVI Summer was already past its prime, when Edgar reluctantly yielded his assent to their entreaties, and Catherine and I set out on our first ride to join her cousin. It was a close, sultry ...

CHAPTER SIXTEEN HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY, BY WHICH HE IS ONCE AGAIN WELL-NIGH ENTRAPPED IN HIS DULCINEA’S APARTMENT. In this manner did the crafty Fathom turn to account those ingratiating ...

CHAPTER FIFTEEN BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH. Having thus gained a complete victory over the affections of these two ladies, he began to convert his good fortune to the purposes of ...

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ASSIGNATION WITH THE WIFE. Nor was his whole care and attention engrossed by the execution of this scheme upon the daughter. ...

CHAPTER THIRTEEN HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT IN THE COURSE OF HIS INTRIGUE WITH THE DAUGHTER. He was rejoiced to find her so easily satisfied in such a momentous concern, for the princip...

*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE *** Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from print ed...

CHAPTER TWELVE HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER. In consequence of this determination, he to the uttermost exerted his good-humour among the few friends of consequence his fortune...

CHAPTER ELEVEN FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY. Thus connected, they began to hunt in couples; and Fathom, in order to profit by the alliance with a good grace, contrived a smal...

THE PERSONAL HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE OF DAVID COPPERFIELD THE YOUNGER CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, ...

CHAPTER XIII There could hardly be a happier creature in the world than Mrs. John Knightley, in this short visit to Hartfield, going about every morning among her old acquaintance with her five childr...

To Dr LEWIS. I should be very ungrateful, dear Lewis, if I did not find myself disposed to think and speak favourably of this people, among whom I have met with more kindness, hospitality, and rationa...

CHAPTER TEN THEY PROCEED TO LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS, UNTIL OUR HERO SETS OUT WITH THE YOUNG COUNT FOR VIENNA, WHERE HE ENTERS INTO LEAGUE WITH ANOTHER ADVENTURER. Under this secure cover...

Chapter 3 Mia led us into an alley. The buildings here weren't tall—no more than ten floors—and the paint on the walls was peeling off. Two bodyguards followed behind us, carrying gifts. When we reach...

Chapter 8 I'd already embarrassed myself in front of Chloe because of money several times. Just mentioning the word made all those awkward memories come flooding back. But Chloe looked completely unfa...

Chapter 4 During a meal, I accidentally choked on a Sichuan pepper. As I coughed, Noah poured me a glass of water. I took the glass and gulped it down, but I still felt choked. I handed the glass back...

CHAPTER NINE THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY, AND ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE. Thunderstruck at this disappointment, the confederates held a council, in order to deliberate upon the next meas...

CHAPTER EIGHT THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT; WITH A DIGRESSION WHICH SOME READERS MAY THINK IMPERTINENT. Be this as it will, our lovers, though real voluptuaries, amidst the first transports of their enjoyment ...

Chapter 6 It was already 9 PM when we got home. I went straight to the bathroom to take a shower, then climbed into bed. The quilt was warm and cozy. I was just starting to feel a little sleepy when S...

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Chapter 4 There's two million yuan here. The password is the first six digits of the card number. Now, can you give me the household registration book? My parents took the bank card with delight. My d...

CHAPTER SEVEN ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE, IN ORDER TO PUT HIS TALENTS IN ACTION. While he displayed his qualifications in order to entrap the heart of his young mistress, he had un...

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PART EIGHT It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest. We awoke when a ray of sunlight fell across our face. We wanted to leap to our feet, as we have had to leap every morning of ...

CHAPTER SIX HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE. It was in these parties that he attracted the notice and friendship of his patron’s daughter, a girl by two years older than himself, who was not insens...

PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION I REMARKED in the original Preface to this Book, that I did not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from it, in the first sensations of having finished it,...

CHAPTER FIVE A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION. Nothing could have more seasonably happened to confirm the good opinion which the colonel entertained of Ferdinand’s principles. His intentions towards th...

CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS I was going out at my door on the morning after that deplorable day of headache, sickness, and repentance, with an odd confusion in my mind relative to the date of my d...

CHAPTER FOUR HIS MOTHER’S PROWESS AND DEATH; TOGETHER WITH SOME INSTANCES OF HIS OWN SAGACITY. It would have been impossible for the mother of our adventurer, such as she hath been described, to sit q...

PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION I do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading wo...

Chapter 8 Suddenly, there was a loud bang at the door. Alex's voice yelled, "Lisa! Are you in there? Lisa, answer me!" When I heard his voice, tears poured out of my eyes. The courage I'd been forcing...

CHAPTER THREE HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE, AND HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ACQUIRE A GENEROUS PATRON. While she wearied Heaven with these petitions, the flame of war broke out betwixt the houses of...

CHAPTER TWO A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO’S INFANCY. Having thus bespoken the indulgence of our guests, let us now produce the particulars of our entertainment, and speedily conduct our adventurer th...

CHAPTER ONE SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS THAT NATURALLY INTRODUCE OUR IMPORTANT HISTORY. Cardinal de Retz very judiciously observes, that all historians must of necessity be subject to mistakes, in explaini...

THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM TO DOCTOR ——— You and I, my good friend, have often deliberated on the difficulty of writing such a dedication as might gratify the self-complacency of a patro...

INTRODUCTION The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Smollett’s third novel, was given to the world in 1753. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writing to her daughter, the Countess of Bute, over a year lat...

ILLUSTRATIONS Titlepage of Part One Frontispiece of Part One He Opened the Repository Titlepage of Part Two Frontispiece of Part Two You Are the Count de Melvil