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The Rose and the Ring

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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  1. 01Front matter~4 min
  2. 02I. SHOWS HOW THE ROYAL FAMILY SATE DOWN TO BREAKFAST~7 min
  3. 03II. HOW KING VALOROSO GOT THE CROWN, AND PRINCE GIGLIO WENT WITHOUT~7 min
  4. 04III. TELLS WHO THE FAIRY BLACKSTICK WAS, AND WHO WERE EVER SO MANY GRAND PERSONAGES BESIDES~9 min
  5. 05IV. HOW BLACKSTICK WAS NOT ASKED TO THE PRINCESS ANGELICA’S CHRISTENING~5 min
  6. 06V. HOW PRINCESS ANGELICA TOOK A LITTLE MAID~8 min
  7. 07VI. HOW PRINCE GIGLIO BEHAVED HIMSELF~12 min
  8. 08VII. HOW GIGLIO AND ANGELICA HAD A QUARREL~9 min
  9. 09VIII. HOW GRUFFANUFF PICKED THE FAIRY RING UP, AND PRINCE BULBO CAME TO COURT~13 min
  10. 10IX. HOW BETSINDA GOT THE WARMING PAN~9 min
  11. 11X. HOW KING VALOROSO WAS IN A DREADFUL PASSION~5 min
  12. 12XI. WHAT GRUFFANUFF DID TO GIGLIO AND BETSINDA~16 min
  13. 13XII. HOW BETSINDA FLED, AND WHAT BECAME OF HER~10 min
  14. 14XIII. HOW QUEEN ROSALBA CAME TO THE CASTLE OF THE BOLD COUNT HOGGINARMO~8 min
  15. 15XIV. WHAT BECAME OF GIGLIO~8 min
  16. 162. A sugar-basin full of the best loaf-sugar.~1 min
  17. 1719. A brown loaf.~14 min
  18. 18XV. WE RETURN TO ROSALBA~11 min
  19. 19XVI. HOW HEDZOFF RODE BACK AGAIN TO KING GIGLIO~8 min
  20. 20XVII. HOW A TREMENDOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE, AND WHO WON IT~15 min
  21. 21XVIII. HOW THEY ALL JOURNEYED BACK TO THE CAPITAL~11 min
  22. 22XIX. AND NOW WE COME TO THE LAST SCENE IN THE PANTOMIME~7 min

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This is Valoroso XXIV., King of Paflagonia, seated with his Queen and only child at their royal breakfast-table, and receiving the letter which announces to His Majesty a proposed visit from Prince Bulbo, heir of Padella, reigning King of Crim Tartary. Remark the delight upon the monarch’s royal features. He is so absorbed in the perusal of the King of Crim Tartary’s letter, that he allows his eggs to get cold, and leaves his august muffins untasted. ‘What! that wicked, brave, delightful Prince Bulbo!’ cries Princess Angelica; ‘so handsome, so accomplished, so witty--the conqueror of Rimbombamento, where he slew ten thousand giants!’

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