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History of Pendennis

In Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray skillfully shows the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a young gentleman trying to make his way in the world. Pen's difficulties in finding his place in the difficult maze of social obstacles are created to some extent by his being raised in the country and being from an ancient though impoverished family. We follow his course from the village in which he was raised via Oxbridge to London, meeting the most memorable characters, falling in and out of love, navigating the difficulties of society, and hopefully finally arriving at a happy end. - Summary by Carolin

Year of Publication: 1850Genres: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Running Time: 10 hours 50 minutes 38 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Dedication and Preface Kristin Lewis	6:23
2	Chapter I, Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast Eli27	12:43
3	Chapter II, A Pedigree and other Family Matters Kristin Lewis	49:12
4	Chapter III, In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed Winston Coltart	40:46
5	Chapter IV, Mrs. Haller MargaretD	26:17
6	Chapter V, Mrs. Haller at Home Michelle Tan	34:04
7	Chapter VI, Contains both Love and War Michelle Tan	27:41
8	Chapter VII, In which the Major makes his Appearance jenno	29:28
9	Chapter VIII, In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader is informed who little Laura was Michelle Tan	29:43
10	Chapter IX, In which the Major opens the Campaign Michelle Tan	18:34
11	Chapter X, Facing the Enemy Mike Moffatt	14:11
12	Chapter XI, Negotiation Michelle Tan	21:14
13	Chapter XII, In which a Shooting Match is proposed Michelle Tan	19:48
14	Chapter XIII, A Crisis Michelle Tan	23:42
15	Chapter XIV, In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement Michelle Tan	17:56
16	Chapter XV, The happy Village Jim Locke	29:28
17	Chapter XVI, More Storms in the Puddle Michelle Tan	29:31
18	Chapter XVII, Which concludes the first Part of this History Michelle Tan	28:22
19	Chapter XVIII, Alma Mater jenno	29:28
20	Chapter XIX, Pendennis of Boniface jenno	42:56
21	Chapter XX, Rake’s Progress jenno	35:41
22	Chapter XXI, Flight after Defeat jenno	24:05
23	Chapter XXII, Prodigal’s Return jenno	27:09
24	Chapter XXIII, New Faces Jim Locke	41:40
25	Chapter XXIV, A Little Innocent Jim Locke	31:14
26	Chapter XXV, Contains both Love and Jealousy Jim Locke	26:02
27	Chapter XXVI, A House full of Visitors Jim Locke	35:45
28	Chapter XXVII, Contains some Ball-practising Jim Locke	22:32
29	Chapter XXVIII, Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental Jim Locke	34:55
30	Chapter XXIX, Babylon Jim Locke	29:43
31	Chapter XXX, The Knights of the Temple Jim Locke	23:37
32	Chapter XXXI, Old and new Acquaintances Jim Locke	31:01
33	Chapter XXXII, In which the Printer’s Devil comes to the Door Jim Locke	33:04
34	Chapter XXXIII, Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill Jim Locke	28:36
35	Chapter XXXIV, In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street Jim Locke	16:09
36	Chapter XXXV, Dinner in the Row Jim Locke	27:26
37	Chapter XXXVI, The Pall Mall Gazette Joseph Tabler	16:30
38	Chapter XXXVII, Where Pen appears in Town and Country Jim Locke	38:33
39	Chapter XXXVIII, In which the Sylph reappears jenno	25:35
40	Chapter XXXIX, Colonel Altamont appears and disappears Jim Locke	27:06
41	Chapter XL, Relates to Mr. Harry Foker’s Affairs Jim Locke	28:31
42	Chapter XLI, Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich Jim Locke	21:28
43	Chapter XLII, Contains a novel Incident Jim Locke	26:54
44	Chapter XLIII, Alsatia Jim Locke	21:31
45	Chapter XLIV, In which the Colonel narrates some of his Adventures Jim Locke	25:08
46	Chapter XLV, A Chapter of Conversations Jim Locke	34:30
47	Chapter XLVI, Miss Amory’s Partners Jim Locke	32:43
48	Chapter XLVII, Monseigneur s’amuse Jim Locke	38:33
49	Chapter XLVIII, A Visit of Politeness Jim Locke	15:58
50	Chapter XLIX, In Shepherd’s Inn Jim Locke	17:29
51	Chapter L, Or near the Temple Garden Jim Locke	24:07
52	Chapter LI, The happy Village again Jim Locke	19:13
53	Chapter LII, Which had very nearly been the last of the Story Jim Locke	29:00
54	Chapter LIII, A critical Chapter Jim Locke	23:56
55	Chapter LIV, Convalescence Jim Locke	32:38
56	Chapter LV, Fanny’s Occupation’s gone Jim Locke	28:24
57	Chapter LVI, In which Fanny engages a new Medical Man Jim Locke	30:02
58	Chapter LVII, Foreign Ground Jim Locke	33:49
59	Chapter LVIII, 'Fairoaks to let' Jim Locke	26:17
60	Chapter LIX, Old Friends Jim Locke	31:29
61	Chapter LX, Explanations Jim Locke	21:32
62	Chapter LXI, Conversations Jim Locke	35:05
63	Chapter LXII, The Way of the World Jim Locke	41:45
64	Chapter LXIII, Which accounts perhaps for Chapter LXI. Jim Locke	32:02
65	Chapter LXIV, Phyllis and Corydon Jim Locke	12:40
66	Chapter LXV, Temptation Jim Locke	28:24
67	Chapter LXVI, In which Pen begins his Canvass Jim Locke	22:11
68	Chapter LXVII, In which Pen begins to doubt about his Election Jim Locke	32:21
69	Chapter LXVIII, In which the Major is bidden to Stand and Deliver Jim Locke	28:12
70	Chapter LXIX, In which the Major neither yields his Money nor his Life Jim Locke	21:06
71	Chapter LXX, In which Pendennis counts his Eggs Jim Locke	16:56
72	Chapter LXXI, Fiat Justitia Jim Locke	21:07
73	Chapter LXXII, In which the Decks begin to clear Jim Locke	17:36
74	Chapter LXXIII, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huxter Jim Locke	25:07
75	Chapter LXXIV, Shows how Arthur had better have taken a Return-ticket Jim Locke	18:32
76	Chapter LXXV, A Chapter of Match-making Jim Locke	20:14
77	Chapter LXXVI, Exeunt Omnes Jim Locke	46:18