BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE AND ACKNOWLEGDEMENTS
THE AUTHOR’S DECLARATION.
INTRODUCTION by W. M. MORTON FULLERTON.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
1 The birth and education of Gil Blas.
2 Gil Blas’ alarm on his road to Pegnaflor; his adventures on his arrival in that town; and the character of the men with whom he supped.
3 The muleteer’s temptation on the road; its consequences, and the situation of Gil Blas between Scylla and Charybdis.
4 Description of the subterraneous dwelling and its contents.
5 The arrival of the banditti in the subterraneous retreat, with an account of their pleasant conversation.
6 The attempt of Gil Blas to escape, and its success.
7 Gil Blas, not being able to do what he likes, does what he can.
8 Gil Blas goes out with the gang, and performs an exploit on the highway.
9 A more serious incident.
10 The lady’s treatment from the robbers. The event of the great design, conceived by Gil Blas.
11 The history of Donna Mencia de Mosquera.
12 A disagreeable interruption.
13 The lucky means by which Gil Blas escaped from prison, and his travels afterwards.
14 Donna Mencia’s reception of him at Burgos.
15 Showing that prosperity will slip through a man’s fingers.
16 The measures Gil Blas took after the adventure of the ready-furnished lodging.
BOOK THE SECOND.
1 Fabricio introduces Gil Blas to the Licentiate Sédillo, and procures him a reception. The domestic economy of that clergyman. Picture of his housekeeper.
2 The canon’s illness; his treatment; the consequence; the legacy to Gil Blas.
3 Gil Blas enters into Doctor Sangrado’s service, and becomes a famous practitioner.
4 Gil Blas goes on practising physic with equal success and ability. Adventure of the recovered ring.
5 Sequel of the foregoing adventure. Gil Blas retires from practice, and from the neighbourhood of Valladolid.
6 His route from Valladolid, with a description of his fellow-traveller.
7 The journeyman barber’s story.
8 The meeting of Gil Blas and his companion with a man soaking crusts of bread at a spring, and the particulars of their conversation.
9 The meeting of Diego with his family; their circumstances in life; great rejoicings on the occasion; the parting scene between him and Gil Blas.
BOOK THE THIRD
1 The arrival of Gil Blas at Madrid. His first place there.
2 The astonishment of Gil Blas at meeting Captain Rolando in Madrid, and that robber’s curious narrative.
3 Gil Blas is dismissed by Don Bernard de Castil Blazo, and enters into the service of a beau.
4 Gil Blas gets into company with his fellows; they shew him a ready road to the reputation of wit, and impose on him a singular oath.
5 Gil Blas becomes the darling of the fair sex, and makes an interesting acquaintance.
6 The Prince’s company of comedians.
7 History of Don Pompeyo de Castro.
8 An accident, in consequence of which Gil Blas was obliged to look out for another place.
9 A new service, after the death of Don Matthias de Silva.
10 Much such another as the foregoing.
11 A theatrical life and an author’s life
12 Gil Blas acquires a relish for the theatre, and takes a full swing of its pleasures, but soon becomes disgusted.
BOOK THE FOURTH.
1 Gil Blas not being able to reconcile himself to the morals of the actresses, quits Arsenia, and gets into a more reputable service.
2 Aurora’s reception of Gil Blas. Their conversation.
3 A great change at Don Vincent’s. Aurora’s strange resolution.
4 The Fatal Marriage; a Novel.
5 The behaviour of Aurora de Guzman on her arrival at Salamanca.
6 Aurora’s devices to secure Don Lewis Pacheco’s affections.
7 Gil Blas leaves his place and goes into the service of Don Gonzales Pacheco.
8 The Marchioness of Chaves: her character, and that of her company.
9 An incident that parted Gil Blas and the Marchioness of Chaves. The subsequent destination of the former.
10 The history of Don Alphonso and the fair Seraphina.
11 The old hermit turns out an extraordinary genius, and Gil Blas finds himself among his former acquaintance.
BOOK THE FIFTH.
1 History of Don Raphael.
2 Don Raphael’s consultation with his company, and their adventures as they were preparing to leave the wood.
BOOK THE SIXTH.
1 The fate of Gil Blas and his Companions after they took leave of the Count de Polan. One of Ambrose’s notable contrivances set off by the manner of its execution.
2 The determination of Don Alphonso and Gil Blas after this adventure.
3 An unfortunate occurrence, which terminated to the high delight of Don Alphonso. Gil Blas meets with an adventure which places him all at once in a very superior situation.
BOOK THE SEVENTH.
1 The tender attachment between Gil Blas and Dame Lorenza Sephora.
2 What happened to Gil Blas after his retreat from the castle of Leyva; shewing that those who are crossed in love are not always the most miserable of mankind.
3 Gil Blas becomes the Archbishop’s favourite, and the channel of all his favours.
4 The Archbishop is afflicted with a stroke of apoplexy. How Gil Blas gets into a dilemma, and how he gets out.