The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
Contents 40 chapters
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Some Sage Observations That Naturally Introduce Our Important History
- Chapter 2: A Superficial View of Our Hero’s Infancy
- Chapter 3: He Is Initiated in a Military Life, and Has the Good Fortune to Acquire a Generous Patron
- Chapter 4: His Mother’s Prowess and Death; Together with Some Instances of His Own Sagacity
- Chapter 5: A Brief Detail of His Education
- Chapter 6: He Meditates Schemes of Importance
- Chapter 7: Engages in Partnership with a Female Associate, in Order to Put His Talents in Action
- Chapter 8: Their First Attempt; With a Digression Which Some Readers May Think Impertinent
- Chapter 9: The Confederates Change Their Battery, and Achieve a Remarkable Adventure
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11: Fathom Makes Various Efforts in the World of Gallantry
- Chapter 12: He Effects a Lodgment in the House of a Rich Jeweller
- Chapter 13: He Is Exposed to a Most Perilous Incident in the Course of His Intrigue with the…
- Chapter 14: He Is Reduced to a Dreadful Dilemma, in Consequence of an Assignation with the Wife
- Chapter 15: But at Length Succeeds in His Attempt upon Both
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18: Our Hero Departs from Vienna, and Quits the Domain of Venus for the Rough Field of Mars
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21: He Falls upon Scylla, Seeking to Avoid Charybdis
- Chapter 22: He Arrives at Paris, and Is Pleased with His Reception
- Chapter 23: Acquits Himself with Address in a Nocturnal Riot
- Chapter 24: He Overlooks the Advances of His Friends, and Smarts Severely for His Neglect
- Chapter 25: He Bears His Fate Like a Philosopher; And Contracts Acquaintance with a Very…
- Chapter 26: The History of the Noble Castilian
- Chapter 27: A Flagrant Instance of Fathom’s Virtue, in the Manner of His Retreat to England
- Chapter 28: Some Account of His Fellow-Travellers
- Chapter 29: Another Providential Deliverance from the Effects of the Smuggler’s Ingenious Conjecture
- Chapter 30: The Singular Manner of Fathom’s Attack and Triumph Over the Virtue of the Fair Elenor
- Chapter 31: He by Accident Encounters His Old Friend, with Whom He Holds a Conference, and Renews…
- Chapter 32: He Appears in the Great World with Universal Applause and Admiration
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34: He Performs Another Exploit, That Conveys a True Idea of His Gratitude and Honour
- Chapter 35: He Repairs to Bristol Spring, Where He Reigns Paramount During the Whole Season
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37: Fresh Cause for Exerting His Equanimity and Fortitude
- Chapter 38: The Biter Is Bit
- Part 2, Chapter 39: Our Adventurer Is Made Acquainted with a New Scene of Life
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