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Aurora's Reception of Gil Blas. Their Conversation.
A great Change at Don Vincent's. Aurora's strange Resolution.
"The Fatal Marriage"—a Novel.
The Behavior of Aurora de Guzman on her Arrival at Salamanca.
Aurora's Devices to secure Don Lewis Pacheco's Affections. ALAIN RENÉ LESAGE. A critic of whom I desire to speak with all respect—the Rector of Lincoln—has said that "mere style canno…
THE BIRTH AND EDUCATION OF GIL BLAS. My father, Blas of Santillane, after having borne arms for a long time in the Spanish service, retired to his native place. There he married a chambermaid who wa…
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. Here I am, then, on the other side of Oviedo, on the road…
THE MULETEER'S TEMPTATION ON THE ROAD; ITS CONSEQUENCES, AND THE SITUATION OF GIL BLAS BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. I was not the only passenger. There were two young gentlemen of Pegnaflor; a…
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBTERRANEOUS DWELLING AND ITS CONTENTS. I now knew into what company I had fallen; and I leave it to any one to judge whether the discovery must not have rid me of my former fear…
THE ARRIVAL OF THE BANDITTI IN THE SUBTERRANEOUS RETREAT, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR PLEASANT CONVERSATION. Just as Captain Rolando had finished his speech six new faces made their appearance in the h…
