The Poacher

The Poacher
Frederick Marryat, british officer and novelist (1792-1848)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- IN WHICH THERE IS MORE ALE THAN ARGUMENT
-03- IN WHICH THE HERO OF THE TALE IS FORMALLY INTRODUCED
-04- TRAIN A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT
-05- IN WHICH THE AUTHOR HAS ENDEAVOURED, WITH ALL HIS POWER
-06- THE SINS OF THE FATHER ARE VISITED UPON THE CHILD
-07- THE WORLD BEFORE HIM, WHERE TO CHOOSE
-08- IF YOU WANT EMPLOYMENT GO TO LONDON
-09- A DISSERTATION UPON PEDIGREE
-10- IN WHICH THE ADVICE OF A FATHER DESERVES PECULIAR ATTENTION
-11- MAJOR MCSHANE NARRATES SOME CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL SPECULATIONS
-12- IN WHICH AN INTERCHANGE AND CONFIDENCE TAKE PLACE
-13- AN EXPEDITION, AS OF YORE, ACROSS THE WATERS FOR A WIFE
-14- IN WHICH THERE IS SOME INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG
-15- GOING TO COURT, AND COURTING
-16- A RUNAWAY AND A HARD PURSUIT
-17- RETURN TO ENGLAND
-18- THE DAY AFTER THE MURDER
-19- A CORONER’S INQUEST
-20- A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED
-21- IN WHICH WE AGAIN FOLLOW UP OUR HERO’S DESTINY
-22- THE SCENE IS AGAIN SHIFTED, AND THE PLOT ADVANCES
-23- OUR HERO OBTAINS EMPLOYMENT IN A VERY SHORT TIME
-24- IN WHICH OUR HERO GOES ON DUTY
-25- IN WHICH MRS CHOPPER READS HER LEDGER
-26- IN WHICH THE BITER IS BIT
-27- IN WHICH OUR HERO AGAIN FALLS IN WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
-28- THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE BRINGS OUR HERO’S NOSE TO A GRINDSTONE
-29- ON THE SCIENCE OF TINKERING AND THE ART OF WRITING DESPATCHES
-30- IN WHICH THE TINKER FALLS IN LOVE WITH A LADY OF HIGH DEGREE
-31- PLOTTING, READING AND WRITING
-32- IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
-33- IN WHICH THE TINKER MAKES LOVE
-34- WELL DONE TINKER
-35- A VERY LONG CHAPTER, NECESSARY TO FETCH UP THE REMAINDER OF THE CONVOY
-36- A RETROSPECT THAT THE PARTIES MAY ALL START FAIR AGAIN
-37- OUR HERO FALLS IN WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
-38- OUR HERO RETURNS TO HIS FORMER EMPLOYMENT
-39- THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE TURNS A SPOKE OR TWO IN FAVOUR OF OUR HERO
-40- INFINITE VARIETY, CONTAINING AGONY, LAW, LOVE, QUARRELLING, AND SUICIDE
-41- IN WHICH OUR HERO TRIES CHANGE OF AIR
-42- IN WHICH OUR HERO HAS HIS HEAD TURNED THE WRONG WAY
-43- VERY PLEASANT CORRESPONDENCE
-44- A VERY LONG STORY, WHICH COULD NOT WELL BE CUT IN HALF
-45- IN WHICH THE TIDE OF FORTUNE TURNS AGAINST OUR HERO
-46- MARY MAKES A DISCOVERY OF WHAT HAS BEEN LONG KNOWN TO THE READER
-47- OUR HERO MAKES UP HIS MIND TO BE HANGED
-48- IN WHICH OUR HERO PROVES GAME TO THE VERY LAST
-49- EVERYBODY APPEARS TO BE ON THE MOVE EXCEPT OUR HERO
-50- THE INTERVIEW
-51- A RENCONTRE - A SHORT STORY