The Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom, by Tobias Smollett
Contents
- Introduction
- 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 attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory
- Chapter Thirty-Five. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
- Chapter Thirty-Six. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
- Chapter Thirty-Seven. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
- Chapter Thirty-Eight. The Biter is Bit
- 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. Fathom justifies the Proverb, “What’s bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh”
- 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
Part I
Part II
- Source and notes about this edition...
- Online edition by Oratlas. Text obtained from Project Gutenberg at /ebooks/6761 on 2024-04-04.