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The History of Henry Esmond

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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  1. 1A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne Written by Himse…
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Book I — The Early Youth of Henry Esmond, Up to the Time of His Lea…
  4. 4Chapter I — An Account of the Family of Esmond of Castlewood Hall
  5. 5Chapter II — Relates How Francis, Fourth Viscount, Arrives at Castl…
  6. 6Chapter III — Whither in the Time of Thomas, Third Viscount, I Had…
  7. 7Chapter IV — I Am Placed Under a Popish Priest and Bred to That Rel…
  8. 8Chapter V — My Superiors Are Engaged in Plots for the Restoration o…
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Issue of the Plots — The Death of Thomas, Third Vi…
  10. 10Chapter VII — I Am Left at Castlewood an Orphan, and Find Most Kind…
  11. 11Chapter VIII — After Good Fortune Comes Evil
  12. 12Chapter IX — I Have the Small-Pox, and Prepare to Leave Castlewood
  13. 13Chapter X — I Go to Cambridge, and Do but Little Good There
  14. 14Chapter XI — I Come Home for a Holiday to Castlewood, and Find a Sk…
  15. 15Chapter XII — My Lord Mohun Comes Among Us for No Good
  16. 16Chapter XIII — My Lord Leaves Us and His Evil Behind Him
  17. 17Chapter XIV — We Ride After Him to London
  18. 18Chapter I — I Am in Prison, and Visited, but Not Consoled There
  19. 19Chapter II — I Come to the End of My Captivity, but Not of My Trouble
  20. 20Chapter III — I Take the Queen’s Pay in Quin’s Regiment
  21. 21Chapter IV — Recapitulations
  22. 22Chapter V — I Go on the Vigo Bay Expedition, Taste Salt-Water and S…
  23. 23Chapter VI — The 29th December
  24. 24Chapter VII — I Am Made Welcome at Walcote
  25. 25Chapter VIII — Family Talk
  26. 26Chapter IX — I Make the Campaign of 1704
  27. 27Chapter X — An Old Story About a Fool and a Woman
  28. 28Chapter XI — The Famous Mr. Joseph Addison
  29. 29Chapter XII — I Get a Company in the Campaign of 1706
  30. 30Chapter XIII — I Meet an Old Acquaintance in Flanders, and Find My…
  31. 31Chapter XIV — The Campaign of 1707, 1708
  32. 32Chapter XV — General Webb Wins the Battle of Wynendael
  33. 33Book III — Containing the End of Mr. Esmond’s Adventures in England
  34. 34Chapter II — I Go Home, and Harp on the Old String
  35. 35Chapter III — A Paper Out of the “Spectator”
  36. 36Chapter IV — Beatrix’s New Suitor
  37. 37Chapter V — Mohun Appears for the Last Time in This History
  38. 38Chapter VI — Poor Beatrix
  39. 39Chapter VII — I Visit Castlewood Once More
  40. 40Chapter VIII — I Travel to France and Bring Home a Portrait of Rigaud
  41. 41Chapter IX — The Original of the Portrait Comes to England
  42. 42Chapter X — We Entertain a Very Distinguished Guest at Kensington
  43. 43Chapter XI — Our Guest Quits Us as Not Being Hospitable Enough
  44. 44Chapter XII — A Great Scheme, and Who Balked It
  45. 45Chapter XIII — August 1st, 1714

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