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CHAPTER I. In which one of the Virginians visits home
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CHAPTER II. In which Harry has to pay for his supper
34:01 -
CHAPTER III. The Esmonds in Virginia
24:18 -
CHAPTER IV. In which Harry finds a New Relative
21:07 -
CHAPTER V. Family Jars
38:42 -
CHAPTER VI. The Virginians begin to see the World
22:21 -
CHAPTER VII. Preparations for War
25:12 -
CHAPTER VIII. In which George suffers from a Common Disease
19:07 -
CHAPTER IX. Hospitalities
31:31 -
CHAPTER X. A Hot Afternoon
30:46 -
CHAPTER XI. Wherein the two Georges prepare for Blood
15:48 -
CHAPTER XII. News from the Camp
23:24 -
CHAPTER XIII. Profitless Quest
25:17 -
CHAPTER XIV. Harry in England
16:47 -
CHAPTER XV. A Sunday at Castlewood
23:18 -
CHAPTER XVI. In which Gumbo shows Skill with the Old English Weapon
27:57 -
CHAPTER XVII. On the Scent
21:09 -
CHAPTER XVIII. An Old Story
24:26 -
CHAPTER XIX. Containing both Love and Luck
15:20 -
CHAPTER XX. Facilis Descensus
35:32 -
CHAPTER XXI. Samaritans
20:25 -
CHAPTER XXII. In Hospital
27:35 -
CHAPTER XXIII. Holidays
19:39 -
CHAPTER XXIV. From Oakhurst to Tunbridge
24:15 -
CHAPTER XXV. New Acquaintances
21:11 -
CHAPTER XXVI. In which we are at a very Great Distance from Oakhurst
29:48 -
CHAPTER XXVII. Plenus Opus Aleae
19:15 -
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Way of the World
21:12 -
CHAPTER XXIX. In which Harry continues to enjoy Otium sine Dignitate
9:44 -
CHAPTER XXX. Contains a Letter to Virginia
24:23 -
CHAPTER XXXI. The Bear and the Leader
33:47 -
CHAPTER XXXII. In which a Family Coach is ordered
26:50 -
CHAPTER XXXIII. Contains a Soliloquy by Hester
20:41 -
CHAPTER XXXIV. In which Mr. Warrington treats the Company with Tea and a Ball
26:09 -
CHAPTER XXXV. Entanglements
24:41 -
CHAPTER XXXVI. Which seems to mean Mischief
23:26 -
CHAPTER XXXVII. In which various Matches are fought
18:29 -
CHAPTER XXXVIII. Sampson and the Philistines
27:39 -
CHAPTER XXXIX. Harry to the Rescue
20:34 -
CHAPTER XL. In which Harry pays off an Old Debt, and incurs some New Ones
27:51 -
CHAPTER XLI. Rake's Progress
24:57 -
CHAPTER XLII. Fortunatus Nimium
18:09 -
CHAPTER XLIII. In which Harry flies High
23:50 -
CHAPTER XLIV. Contains what might, perhaps, have been expected
28:31 -
CHAPTER XLV. In which Harry finds two Uncles
17:25 -
CHAPTER XLVI. Chains and Slavery
37:05 -
CHAPTER XLVII. Visitors in Trouble
19:24 -
CHAPTER XLVIII. An Apparition
12:11 -
CHAPTER XLIX. Friends in Need
15:17 -
CHAPTER L. Contains a Great deal of the Finest Morality
27:21 -
CHAPTER LI. Conticuere Omnes
32:27 -
CHAPTER LII. Intentique Ora tenebant
19:27 -
CHAPTER LIII. Where we remain at the Court End of the Town
15:26 -
CHAPTER LIV. During which Harry sits smoking his Pipe at Home
26:24 -
CHAPTER LV. Between Brothers
17:56 -
CHAPTER LVI. Ariadne
32:18 -
CHAPTER LVII. In which Mr. Harry's Nose continues to be put out of joint
18:10 -
CHAPTER LVIII. Where we do what Cats may do
22:00 -
CHAPTER LIX. In which we are treated to a Play
34:16 -
CHAPTER LX. Which treats of Macbeth, a Supper, and a Pretty Kettle of
24:30 -
CHAPTER LXI. In which the Prince marches up the Hill and down again
17:46 -
CHAPTER LXII. Arma Virumque
49:11 -
CHAPTER LXIII. Melpomene
36:44 -
CHAPTER LXIV. In which Harry lives to fight another Day
25:29 -
CHAPTER LXV. Soldier's Return
14:28 -
CHAPTER LXVI. In which we go a-courting
22:20 -
CHAPTER LXVII. In which a Tragedy is acted, and two more are begun
39:59 -
CHAPTER LXVIII. In which Harry goes westward
17:19 -
CHAPTER LXIX. A Little Innocent
39:39 -
CHAPTER LXX. In which Cupid plays a Considerable Part
29:59 -
CHAPTER LXXI. White Favours
19:17 -
CHAPTER LXXII. (From the Warrington MS.) In which My Lady is on the Top
17:55 -
CHAPTER LXXIII. We keep Christmas at Castlewood. 1759
37:29 -
CHAPTER LXXIV. News from Canada
23:18 -
CHAPTER LXXV. The Course of True Love
26:10 -
CHAPTER LXXVI. Informs us how Mr. Warrington jumped into a Landau
17:33 -
CHAPTER LXXVII. And how everybody got out again
28:31 -
CHAPTER LXXVIII. Pyramus and Thisbe
32:41 -
CHAPTER LXXIX. Containing both Comedy and Tragedy
20:42 -
CHAPTER LXXX. Pocahontas
23:51 -
CHAPTER LXXXI. Res Angusta Domi
30:17 -
CHAPTER LXXXII. Miles's Moidore
8:28 -
CHAPTER LXXXIII. Troubles and Consolations
41:20 -
CHAPTER LXXXIV. In which Harry submits to the Common Lot
34:36 -
CHAPTER LXXXV. Inveni Portum
32:07 -
CHAPTER LXXXVI. At Home
38:33 -
CHAPTER LXXXVII. The Last of God Save the King
22:32 -
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. Yankee Doodle comes to Town
13:01 -
CHAPTER LXXXIX. A Colonel without a Regiment
24:43 -
CHAPTER XC. In which we both fight and run away
38:14 -
CHAPTER XCI. Satis Pugnae
24:25 -
CHAPTER XCII. Under Vine and Fig-Tree
54:13
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A ship from Virginia reaches Bristol in 1756, bringing a young passenger into a world of family connections, money and social expectations. William Makepeace Thackeray frames the Warrington twins' history through portraits, preserved letters and a narrator who imagines the scenes behind those documents. Their mother's careful keeping of correspondence gives private feelings a place beside the public events of eighteenth-century Britain and America.
The novel combines family life with the pressures of inheritance and war. In the middle excerpt, an emotional meeting gives way to the narrator's amused portrait of an English country gentleman, whose comfort and local prestige invite scrutiny. Such shifts make personal affection and social observation equally important to the reading experience. For readers drawn to historical fiction, the interest lies in how Thackeray connects large political conflicts with household loyalties, wealth and the stories families preserve about themselves.
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