CHAPTER Ⅰ．—The description of the Family of Wakefield,in which a kindred Likeness prevails,as well of Minds as of Persons 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ．—Family Misfortunes．The Loss of Fortune only serves to increase the Pride of the Worthy 6
CHAPTER Ⅲ．—A Migration．The fortunate Circumstances of our Lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring 11
CHAPTER Ⅳ．—A Proof that even the humblest Fortune may grant Happiness,which depends,not on Circumstance,but Constitution 19
CHAPTER Ⅴ．—A new and great Acquaintance introduced．What we place most hopes upon generally proves most fatal 23
CHAPTER Ⅵ．—The Happiness of a Country Fireside 28
CHAPTER Ⅶ．—A Town Wit described．The dullest Fellows may learn to be comical for a Night or two 32
CHAPTER Ⅷ．—An Amour,which promises little good Fortune,yet may be productive of much 37
CHAPTER Ⅸ．—Two Ladies of great Distinction introduced．Superior Finery ever seems to confer superior Breeding 45
CHAPTER Ⅹ．—The Family endeavour to cope with their Betters．The Miseries of the Poor when they attempt to appear above their Circum-stances 49
CHAPTER Ⅺ．—The Family still resolve to hold up their Heads 54
CHAPTER Ⅻ．—Fortune seems resolved to humble the Family of Wakefield．Mortifications are of ten more painful than real Calamities 60
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．—Mr Burchell is found to be an Enemy,for he has the confidence to give disagreeable Advice 66
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．—Fresh Mortifications,or a Demon-stration that seeming Calamities may be real Blessings 70
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．—All Mr Burchell＇s Villainy at once detected．The Folly of being overwise 77
CHAPrER ⅩⅥ．—The Family use Art,which is opposed with still greater 83
CHAPTER ⅩⅦ．—Scarcely any Virtue found to resist the Power of long and pleasing Temptation 90
CHAPTER ⅩⅧ．—The Pursuit of a Father to reclaim a Lost Child to Virtue 99
CHAPTER ⅩⅨ．—The Description of a person discontented with the present Government,and apprehensive of the loss of our liberties 105
CHAPTER ⅩⅩ．—The History of a philosophic Vagabond,pursuing Novelty,but losing Content 115
CHAPTER ⅩⅪ．—The short continuance of friend-slip amongst the vicious,which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction 132
CHAPTER ⅩⅫ．—Offences are easily pardoned,where there is Love at bottom 142
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ．—None but the Guilty can be longand completely miserable 147
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ．—Fresh Calamities 153
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ．—No situation,however wretched it seems,but has some sort of comfort attending it 159
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ．—A Reformation in the Gaol:to make laws complete,they should reward as well as punish 165
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ．—The same subject continued 171
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ．—Happiness and Misery rather the rssult of Prudence than of Virtue in this life;temporal evils or felicities being regarded by Heaven as things merely in themselves trifling,and unworthy its care in the distribution 176
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ．—The equal dealings of Providence demonstrated with regard to the Happy and the Miserable here below．That,from the nature of Pleasure and Pain,the wretched must be repaid the balance of their sufferings in the life hereafter 188
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ．—Happier Prospects begin to appear．Let us be inflexible,and Fortune will at last change in our favour 193
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ．—Former Benevolence now repaid with unexpected Interest 202
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ．—The Conclusion 219