Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire

Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882

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Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 · 43 chapters

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• I. THE GROCER OF WOOD-STREET AND HIS FAMILY.Sample
• II. THE COFFIN-MAKER.
• III. THE GAMESTER AND THE BULLY.
• IV. THE INTERVIEW.
• V. THE POMANDER-BOX.
• VI. THE LIBERTINE PUNISHED.
• VII. THE PLAGUE NURSE.
• VIII. THE MOSAICAL RODS.
• IX. THE MINIATURE.
• X. THE DUEL.
• I. PROGRESS OF THE PESTILENCE.
• II. IN WHAT MANNER THE GROCER VICTUALLED HIS HOUSE.
• III. THE QUACK DOCTORS.
• IV. THE TWO WATCHMEN.
• V. THE BLIND PIPER AND HIS DAUGHTER
• VI. OLD LONDON FROM OLD SAINT PAUL'S.
• VII. PAUL'S WALK.
• VIII. THE AMULET.
• X. THE PEST-HOUSE IN FINSBURY FIELDS.
• XI. HOW THE GROCER SHUT UP HIS HOUSE.
• I. THE IMPRISONED FAMILY.
• III. THE DANCE OF DEATH.
• IV. THE PLAGUE-PIT.
• V. HOW SAINT PATHOS WAS USED AS A PEST-HOUSE.
• VI. THE DEPARTURE.
• VII. THE JOURNEY.
• VIII. ASHDOWN LODGE.
• IX. KINGSTON LISLE.
• I. THE PLAGUE AT ITS HEIGHT.
• II. THE SECOND PLAGUE-PIT.
• III. THE HOUSE IN NICHOLAS-LANE.
• IV. THE TRIALS OF AMABEL.
• V. THE MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
• VI. THE CERTIFICATE.
• I. THE DECLINE OF THE PLAGUE.
• II. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING.
• I. THE FIRE-HALL.
• II. THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRE.
• III. PROGRESS OF THE FIRE.
• IV. LEONARD'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING.
• V. HOW LEONARD SAVED THE KING'S LIFE.
• VII. THE BURNING OF SAINT PAUL'S.
• VIII. HOW LEONARD RESCUED THE LADY ISABELLA.