THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy By William Makepeace Thackeray Contents PREFACE CHAPTER I. Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast CHAPTER II. A Pedigree and other Family Matters CHAPTER III. In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed CHAPTER IV. Mrs. Haller CHAPTER V. Mrs. Haller at Home CHAPTER VI. Contains both Love and War CHAPTER VII. In which the Major makes his Appearance CHAPTER VIII. In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader is informed who little Laura was. CHAPTER IX. In which the Major opens the Campaign CHAPTER X. Facing the Enemy CHAPTER XI. Negotiation CHAPTER XII. In which a Shooting Match is proposed CHAPTER XIII. A Crisis CHAPTER XIV. In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement CHAPTER XV. The happy Village CHAPTER XVI. More Storms in the Puddle CHAPTER XVII. Which concludes the first Part of this History CHAPTER XVIII. Alma Mater CHAPTER XIX. Pendennis of Boniface CHAPTER XX. Rake’s Progress CHAPTER XXI. Flight after Defeat CHAPTER XXII. Prodigal’s Return CHAPTER XXIII. New Faces CHAPTER XXIV. A Little Innocent CHAPTER XXV. Contains both Love and Jealousy CHAPTER XXVI. A House full of Visitors CHAPTER XXVII. Contains some Ball-practising CHAPTER XXVIII. Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental CHAPTER XXIX. Babylon CHAPTER XXX. The Knights of the Temple CHAPTER XXXI. Old and new Acquaintances CHAPTER XXXII. In which the Printer’s Devil comes to the Door CHAPTER XXXIII. Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill CHAPTER XXXIV. In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street CHAPTER XXXV. Dinner in the Row CHAPTER XXXVI. The Pall Mall Gazette CHAPTER XXXVII. Where Pen appears in Town and Country CHAPTER XXXVIII. In which the Sylph reappears CHAPTER XXXIX. In which Colonel Altamont appears and disappears CHAPTER XL. Relates to Mr. Harry Foker’s Affairs CHAPTER XLI. Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich CHAPTER XLII. Contains a novel Incident CHAPTER XLIII. Alsatia CHAPTER XLIV. In which the Colonel narrates some of his Adventures CHAPTER XLV. A Chapter of Conversations CHAPTER XLVI. Miss Amory’s Partners CHAPTER XLVII. Monseigneur s’amuse CHAPTER XLVIII. A Visit of Politeness CHAPTER XLIX. In Shepherd’s Inn CHAPTER L. In or near the Temple Garden CHAPTER LI. The happy Village again CHAPTER LII. Which had very nearly been the last of the Story CHAPTER LIII. A critical Chapter CHAPTER LIV. Convalescence CHAPTER LV. Fanny’s Occupation’s gone CHAPTER LVI. In which Fanny engages a new Medical Man CHAPTER LVII. Foreign Ground CHAPTER LVIII. “Fairoaks to let” CHAPTER LIX. Old Friends CHAPTER LX. Explanations CHAPTER LXI. Conversations CHAPTER LXII. The Way of the World CHAPTER LXIII. Which accounts perhaps for Chapter LXI. CHAPTER LXIV. Phyllis and Corydon CHAPTER LXV. Temptation CHAPTER LXVI. In which Pen begins his Canvass CHAPTER LXVII.