Bill the Conqueror
Bill the Conqueror
Saturday Evening Post (US)		 Bill the Conqueror
Grand (UK)		 Bill the Conqueror
(UK book)		 Meth
1924		 Meth
1932
[Vint
1996]		 B&J
1970		 E/O
2008		 Bill the Conqueror
(US book)		 Dor
1925
PREFACE 7
Part 1
(May 24, 1924)		 CHAPTER I [I] 3a Part 1
(Sep 1924)		 CHAPTER I
A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED		 1a CHAPTER ONE
A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED		 §1 1 1 9 11 CHAPTER I
A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED		 §1 11
II 4b 2b §2 6 6 13 17 §2 16
III 5a 3b §3 9 9 16 21 §3 19
IV 64b 5a §4 12 13 19 25 §4 23
CHAPTER II [I] 69b CHAPTER II
THE MORNING AFTER		 8a CHAPTER TWO
BILL UNDERTAKES A MISSION		 §1 20 21 25 34 CHAPTER II
BILL UNDERTAKES A MISSION		 §1 31
II 74a 11b §2 30 32 33 46 §2 41
Part 2
(May 31, 1924)		 CHAPTER III [I] 24a CHAPTER III
THE FAMILY		 14b §3 36 38 38 53 §3 48
II 101a 17a §4 43 45 45 62 §4 55
III 101c CHAPTER IV
THE BOY HORACE		 20a §5 47 50 48 67 §5 60
IV 104b 23b §6 58 61 58 80 §6 71
Part 3
(Jun 7, 1924)		 CHAPTER IV [I] 38a Part 2
(Oct 1924)		 CHAPTER V
FLICK FINDS A WAY		 120a CHAPTER THREE
FLICK PAYS A CALL		 §1 61 64 59 83 CHAPTER III
FLICK PAYS A CALL		 §1 74
II 40a 122a §2 66 69 64 89 §2 79
III 150b CHAPTER VI
POOR MRS. PAWLE		 125b §3 73 76 69 97 §3 86
IV 154a 128b §4 77 81 73 103 §4 91
CHAPTER V [I] 154b CHAPTER VII
JUDSON THE AVENGER		 129a CHAPTER FOUR
ACTIVITIES OF JUDSON COKER		 §1 80 84 75 106 CHAPTER IV
ACTIVITIES OF JUDSON COKER		 §1 94
II 157b 131a §2 84 88 79 111 §2 98
III 158a 132b §3 88 92 82 115 §3 102
Part 4
(Jun 14, 1924)		 CHAPTER VI [I] 26a 133b §4 90 94 84 118 §4 104
II 26a 134b §5 91 96 85 119 §5 106
CHAPTER VII [I] 26b Part 3
(Nov 1924)		 CHAPTER VIII
THE UNINVITED GUEST		 316b CHAPTER FIVE
NIGHT OPERATIONS AT HOLLY HOUSE		 §1 93 97 86 121 CHAPTER V
NIGHT OPERATIONS AT HOLLY HOUSE		 §1 107
II 27b 319a §2 97 101 89 126 §2 111
III 134a 320a §3 99 104 92 129 §3 114
137b CHAPTER IX
FLICK RUNS AWAY		 322b 105 109 96 135 120
IV 137b 323a §4 105 110 97 136 §4 120
V 138b 324a §5 108 113 99 139 §5 123
VI 141a 325a §6 110 116 101 143 §6 126
VII 142a 327b §7 115 120 105 148 §7 130
142d Part 4
(Dec 1924)		 CHAPTER IX—continued. 472b 121 126 110 155 137
Part 5
(Jun 21, 1924)		 CHAPTER VIII [I] 24a CHAPTER X
A SPLENDID LITTLE FELLOW		 473b CHAPTER SIX
HORACE CHANGES HIS MIND		 §1 123 129 111 157 CHAPTER VI
HORACE CHANGES HIS MIND		 §1 139
II 25c 476b §2 130 136 118 165 §2 146
III 121b 478a §3 133 139 120 169 §3 150
CHAPTER IX 122a CHAPTER XI
A HOUSE IN BRUTON STREET		 479a CHAPTER SEVEN
MR SLINGSBY INVITES SUSPICION		 136 142 122 172 CHAPTER VII
MR SLINGSBY INVITES SUSPICION		 153
CHAPTER X 125b CHAPTER XII
THE MAN FOR THE JOB		 482b CHAPTER EIGHT
A JOB FOR PERCY PILBEAM		 145 152 130 183 CHAPTER VIII
A JOB FOR PERCY PILBEAM		 163
Part 6
(Jun 28, 1924)		 CHAPTER XI [I] 22a Part 5
(Jan 1925)		 CHAPTER XIII
FLICK IN THE CITY		 593a CHAPTER NINE
THE CHASE BEGINS		 §1 1531 161 137 193 CHAPTER IX
THE CHASE BEGINS		 §1 172
II 23c 596b §2 160 168 143 201 §2 179
III 64a 598a §3 162 170 145 204 §3 182
CHAPTER XII [I] 64b CHAPTER XIV
A BRIGHT YOUNG MAN		 599a CHAPTER TEN
THE CHASE CONTINUES		 §1 1661 175 148 209 CHAPTER X
THE CHASE CONTINUES		 §1 186
II 68b 601b §2 1732 182 154 217 §2 193
III 70a §3 175 185 156 220 §3 196
CHAPTER XIII [I] 70a CHAPTER XV
THE HUNTED FAWN		 602b CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE CHASE ENDS		 §1 176 186 156 221 CHAPTER XI
THE CHASE ENDS		 §1 197
II 70d 604a §2 181 191 161 227 §2 202
III 75b Part 6
(Feb 1925)		 CHAPTER XV (continued). 713a §3 187 197 166 234 §3 208
IV 76c 715b §4 193 204 172 242 §4 215
Part 7
(Jul 5, 1924)		 CHAPTER XIV [I] 26a CHAPTER XVI
AN IDLE YOUNG WASTER		 716a CHAPTER TWELVE
A VISITOR FOR MR PARADENE		 §1 1963 208 174 246 CHAPTER XII
A VISITOR FOR MR PARADENE		 §1 218
II 28a 717a §2 2012 213 178 252 §2 223
III 30a 719a §3 206 218 183 258 §3 229
CHAPTER XV [I] 33a CHAPTER XVII
BILL WAKES UP		 721b CHAPTER THIRTEEN
BILL MAKES A DISCOVERY		 §1 213 226 188 267 CHAPTER XIII
BILL MAKES A DISCOVERY		 §1 236
II 33c 722b §2 215 229 191 270 §2 239
III 33d 723a §3 218 231 193 273 §3 241
CHAPTER XVI [I] 34d CHAPTER XVIII
PROPOSING UNDER DIFFICULTIES		 726a CHAPTER FOURTEEN
UNFORESEEN ENCHANTMENT AT WATERLOO STATION		 §1 227 241 200 284 CHAPTER XIV
UNFORESEEN ENCHANTMENT AT WATERLOO STATION		 §1 251
II 36a Part 7
(Mar 1925)		 CHAPTER XVIII (continued) 109a §2 230 244 203 288 §2 254
CHAPTER XVII 39a CHAPTER XIX
THE WORLD’S WORST		 111a CHAPTER FIFTEEN
JUDSON FINDS AN OLD FRIEND		 237 251 208 296 CHAPTER XV
JUDSON FINDS AN OLD FRIEND		 261
Part 8
(Jul 12, 1924)		 CHAPTER XVIII 28a CHAPTER XX
A GOOD HEAD		 113b CHAPTER SIXTEEN
A DINNER ENGAGEMENT FOR BILL		 244 258 214 304 CHAPTER XVI
A DINNER ENGAGEMENT FOR BILL		 268
CHAPTER XIX [I] 32a CHAPTER XXI
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS		 116a CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
SUNDAY NIGHT AT MARIO’S		 §1 252 267 220 314 CHAPTER XVII
SUNDAY NIGHT AT MARIO’S		 §1 277
II 32c 117a §2 2552 270 223 318 §2 281
III 42a 117b §3 258 274 226 322 §3 284
CHAPTER XX 42c CHAPTER XXII
BROKEN OFF		 119a CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
BLACK MONDAY		 263 278 229 327 CHAPTER XVIII
BLACK MONDAY		 289
CHAPTER XXI 46a Part 8
(Apr 1925)		 CHAPTER XXIII
A BAG OF BOOKS		 232a CHAPTER NINETEEN
BILL TRESPASSES		 271 287 236 337 CHAPTER XIX
BILL TRESPASSES		 298
CHAPTER XXII [I] 48b CHAPTER XXIV
SIX-PENN’O’TH OF RICE		 235a CHAPTER TWENTY
SIX PENNY WORTH OF RICE		 §1 280 296 243 347 CHAPTER XX
SIXPENNYWORTH OF RICE		 §1 307
II 50a 236b §2 285 301 247 353 §2 312
III 50c 238a §3 288 305 250 357 §3 316
CHAPTER XXIII 52b CHAPTER XXV
WANTED—A NURSE		 239b CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
ASTONISHING HUMILITY OF AN UNCLE		 292 308 252 361 CHAPTER XXI
ASTONISHING HUMILITY OF AN UNCLE		 319
1 Methuen 1924 omits the section heading §1 of chapters IX and X.
2 The section heading §2 of chapters X, XII, and XVII is missing from some reprints of Methuen 1924.
3 Methuen 1924 misprints ch. XII section heading §1 as “§4” (corrected in some reprints).
Meth 1924: Methuen 1924, repr. 1924–1931.
Meth 1932: Methuen 1932, repr. 1932–1954. Reproduced in Vintage (UK) 1996 (pb).
B&J 1970: Barrie & Jenkins 1970 with a new preface by the author. Reproduced in Sphere (UK) 1972 (pb).
Dor 1925: George H. Doran 1925. Reproduced in A. L. Burt 1926.
E/O 2008: Everyman (UK) / Overlook (US) 2008.
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