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Charles Dickens • 37 chapters

Book the First. Sowing

16 chapters

  1. 1 Chapter I. The One Thing Needful
  2. 2 Chapter II. Murdering the Innocents
  3. 3 Chapter III. A Loophole
  4. 4 Chapter IV. Mr Bounderby
  5. 5 Chapter V. The Keynote
  6. 6 Chapter VI. Sleary’s Horsemanship
  7. 7 Chapter VII. Mrs Sparsit
  8. 8 Chapter VIII. Never Wonder
  9. 9 Chapter IX. Sissy’s Progress
  10. 10 Chapter X. Stephen Blackpool
  11. 11 Chapter XI. No Way Out
  12. 12 Chapter XII. The Old Woman
  13. 13 Chapter XIII. Rachael
  14. 14 Chapter XIV. The Great Manufacturer
  15. 15 Chapter XV. Father and Daughter
  16. 16 Chapter XVI. Husband and Wife

Book the Second. Reaping

12 chapters

  1. 17 Chapter I. Effects in the Bank
  2. 18 Chapter II. Mr James Harthouse
  3. 19 Chapter III. The Whelp
  4. 20 Chapter IV. Men and Brothers
  5. 21 Chapter V. Men and Masters
  6. 22 Chapter VI. Fading Away
  7. 23 Chapter VII. Gunpowder
  8. 24 Chapter VIII. Explosion
  9. 25 Chapter IX. Hearing the Last of It
  10. 26 Chapter X. Mrs Sparsit’s Staircase
  11. 27 Chapter XI. Lower and Lower
  12. 28 Chapter XII. Down

Book the Third. Garnering

9 chapters

  1. 29 Chapter I. Another Thing Needful
  2. 30 Chapter II. Very Ridiculous
  3. 31 Chapter III. Very Decided
  4. 32 Chapter IV. Lost
  5. 33 Chapter V. Found
  6. 34 Chapter VI. The Starlight
  7. 35 Chapter VII. Whelp-Hunting
  8. 36 Chapter VIII. Philosophical
  9. 37 Chapter IX. Final