The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete
by T. Smollett
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Chapters (145)
- The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
- COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS
- With the Author’s Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D. Department of English, Harvard University.
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM
- TO DOCTOR ———
- CHAPTER ONE
- SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS THAT NATURALLY INTRODUCE OUR IMPORTANT HISTORY.
- CHAPTER TWO
- A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO’S INFANCY.
- CHAPTER THREE
- HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE, AND HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ACQUIRE A GENEROUS PATRON.
- CHAPTER FOUR
- HIS MOTHER’S PROWESS AND DEATH; TOGETHER WITH SOME INSTANCES OF HIS OWN SAGACITY.
- CHAPTER FIVE
- A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION.
- CHAPTER SIX
- HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE.
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE, IN ORDER TO PUT HIS TALENTS IN ACTION.
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT; WITH A DIGRESSION WHICH SOME READERS MAY THINK IMPERTINENT.
- CHAPTER NINE
- THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY, AND ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.
- 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.
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY.
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER.
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT IN THE COURSE OF HIS INTRIGUE WITH THE DAUGHTER.
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ASSIGNATION WITH THE WIFE.
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH.
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY, BY WHICH HE IS ONCE AGAIN WELL-NIGH ENTRAPPED IN HIS DULCINEA’S APARTMENT.
- 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.
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- OUR HERO DEPARTS FROM VIENNA, AND QUITS THE DOMAIN OF VENUS FOR THE ROUGH FIELD OF MARS.
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS ASSOCIATE, AND STUMBLES UPON THE FRENCH CAMP, WHERE HE FINISHES HIS MILITARY CAREER.
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINED—PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY, AND IS OVERTAKEN BY A TERRIBLE TEMPEST.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
- HE FALLS UPON SCYLLA, SEEKING TO AVOID CHARYBDIS.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
- HE ARRIVES AT PARIS, AND IS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
- ACQUITS HIMSELF WITH ADDRESS IN A NOCTURNAL RIOT.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
- HE OVERLOOKS THE ADVANCES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND SMARTS SEVERELY FOR HIS NEGLECT.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
- HE BEARS HIS FATE LIKE A PHILOSOPHER; AND CONTRACTS ACQUAINTANCE WITH A VERY REMARKABLE PERSONAGE.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
- THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
- A FLAGRANT INSTANCE OF FATHOM’S VIRTUE, IN THE MANNER OF HIS RETREAT TO ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
- SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FELLOW-TRAVELLERS.
- CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
- ANOTHER PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SMUGGLER’S INGENIOUS CONJECTURE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY
- THE SINGULAR MANNER OF FATHOM’S ATTACK AND TRIUMPH OVER THE VIRTUE OF THE FAIR ELENOR.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
- HE BY ACCIDENT ENCOUNTERS HIS OLD FRIEND, WITH WHOM HE HOLDS A CONFERENCE, AND RENEWS A TREATY.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
- HE APPEARS IN THE GREAT WORLD WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AND ADMIRATION.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
- HE ATTRACTS THE ENVY AND ILL OFFICES OF THE MINOR KNIGHTS OF HIS OWN ORDER, OVER WHOM HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
- HE PERFORMS ANOTHER EXPLOIT, THAT CONVEYS A TRUE IDEA OF HIS GRATITUDE AND HONOUR.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
- HE REPAIRS TO BRISTOL SPRING, WHERE HE REIGNS PARAMOUNT DURING THE WHOLE SEASON.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
- HE IS SMITTEN WITH THE CHARMS OF A FEMALE ADVENTURER, WHOSE ALLUREMENTS SUBJECT HIM TO A NEW VICISSITUDE OF FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
- FRESH CAUSE FOR EXERTING HIS EQUANIMITY AND FORTITUDE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
- THE BITER IS BIT.
- THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM
- PART II.
- THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM
- CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
- OUR ADVENTURER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A NEW SCENE OF LIFE.
- CHAPTER FORTY
- HE CONTEMPLATES MAJESTY AND ITS SATELLITES IN ECLIPSE.
- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
- ONE QUARREL IS COMPROMISED, AND ANOTHER DECIDED BY UNUSUAL ARMS.
- CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
- AN UNEXPECTED RENCONTRE, AND A HAPPY REVOLUTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR ADVENTURER.
- CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
- FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB, “WHAT’S BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH.”
- CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
- ANECDOTES OF POVERTY, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
- CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
- RENALDO’S DISTRESS DEEPENS, AND FATHOM’S PLOT THICKENS.
- CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
- OUR ADVENTURER BECOMES ABSOLUTE IN HIS POWER OVER THE PASSIONS OF HIS FRIEND, AND EFFECTS ONE HALF OF HIS AIM.
- CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
- THE ART OF BORROWING FURTHER EXPLAINED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE PHENOMENON.
- CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
- COUNT FATHOM UNMASKS HIS BATTERY; IS REPULSED; AND VARIES HIS OPERATIONS WITHOUT EFFECT.
- CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
- MONIMIA’S HONOUR IS PROTECTED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HEAVEN.
- CHAPTER FIFTY
- FATHOM SHIFTS THE SCENE, AND APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
- TRIUMPHS OVER A MEDICAL RIVAL.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
- REPAIRS TO THE METROPOLIS, AND ENROLS HIMSELF AMONG THE SONS OF PAEAN.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
- ACQUIRES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF A LUCKY MISCARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
- HIS ECLIPSE, AND GRADUAL DECLINATION.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
- AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
- IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
- FATHOM BEING SAFELY HOUSED, THE READER IS ENTERTAINED WITH A RETROSPECT.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
- RENALDO ABRIDGES THE PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, AND APPROVES HIMSELF THE SON OF HIS FATHER.
- CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
- HE IS THE MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS TO HIS SISTER, WHO REMOVES THE FILM WHICH HAD LONG OBSTRUCTED HIS PENETRATION, WITH REGARD TO COUNT FATHOM.
- CHAPTER SIXTY
- HE RECOMPENSES THE ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND; AND RECEIVES A LETTER THAT REDUCES HIM TO THE VERGE OF DEATH AND DISTRACTION.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
- RENALDO MEETS WITH A LIVING MONUMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ENCOUNTERS A PERSONAGE OF SOME NOTE IN THESE MEMOIRS.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
- HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND MIDNIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO MONIMIA’S TOMB.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
- HE RENEWS THE RITES OF SORROW, AND IS ENTRANCED.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
- THE MYSTERY UNFOLDED—ANOTHER RECOGNITION, WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, THE READER COULD NOT FORESEE.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
- A RETROSPECTIVE LINK, NECESSARY FOR THE CONCATENATION OF THESE MEMOIRS.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
- THE HISTORY DRAWS NEAR A PERIOD.
- CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
- THE LONGEST AND THE LAST.
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