The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom Volume I

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom Volume I

Tobias Smollett, scottish poet and author (1721-1771)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS

-04- A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO'S INFANCY

-05- HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE

-06- HIS MOTHER'S PROWESS AND DEATH

-07- A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION

-08- HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE

-09- ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE

-10- THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT

-11- THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY

-12- THEY PROCEED TO LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS

-13- FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY

-14- HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER

-15- HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT

-16- HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA

-17- BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH

-18- HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY

-19- THE STEP DAME'S SUSPICIONS BEING AWAKENED

-20- OUR HERO DEPARTS FROM VIENNA

-21- HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS ASSOCIATE

-22- HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINED

-23- HE FALLS UPON SCYLLA, SEEKING TO AVOID CHARYBDIS

-24- HE ARRIVES AT PARIS, AND IS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION

-25- ACQUITS HIMSELF WITH ADDRESS IN A NOCTURNAL RIOT

-26- HE OVERLOOKS THE ADVANCES OF HIS FRIENDS

-27- HE BEARS HIS FATE LIKE A PHILOSOPHER

-28- THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN

-29- A FLAGRANT INSTANCE OF FATHOM'S VIRTUE

-30- SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FELLOW TRAVELLERS

-31- ANOTHER PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE

-32- THE SINGULAR MANNER OF FATHOM'S ATTACK

-33- HE BY ACCIDENT ENCOUNTERS HIS OLD FRIEND

-34- HE APPEARS IN THE GREAT WORLD

-35- HE ATTRACTS THE ENVY

-36- HE PERFORMS ANOTHER EXPLOIT

-37- HE REPAIRS TO BRISTOL SPRING

-38- HE IS SMITTEN WITH THE CHARMS OF A FEMALE ADVENTURER

-39- FRESH CAUSE FOR EXERTING HIS EQUANIMITY AND FORTITUDE

-40- THE BITER IS BIT