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Professor Ned Welch asks Dixon to deliver the term's evening lecture on "Merrie England."
Chapter 1Catchpole and Dixon figure out Margaret probably faked her suicide attempt.
Chapter 24Dixon rushes to the train station to catch Christine before she leaves for London.
Chapter 24Dixon and Christine see the Welches for the last time; the two laugh and head off together.
Chapter 25| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Lucky Jim begins with James Dixon, the protagonist, in conversation with Professor Ned Welch, his supervisor in the hist... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | Margaret and Dixon are having a drink at the Oak Lounge, a pub near the Welches' house. Margaret recalls her suicide att... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Michie, a student Dixon despises, accosts him after a lecture. Like Dixon, Michie served in World War II; he "commanded ... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Everyone is at the Welches' house for the arty weekend. Mrs. Welch appears and is even more boorish and priggish than he... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Dixon is very drunk after his escape to the pub during the Welches' house party. He returns to the house and catches sig... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | This chapter begins with an infamous description of a hangover. Dixon feels as if "his mouth had been used as a latrine ... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Margaret thinks Dixon and "the Callaghan girl" are acting insane and so disapproves. Dixon hides the burned table in a s... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | A few weeks have passed. Dixon is at the college, and Professor Welch summons him. This summoning reminds Dixon of his f... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | The porter, Maconochie, asks Dixon to take a phone call meant for Welch. Strangely, it's Christine Callaghan on the phon... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | It's the Summer Ball, and Margaret tells Dixon the mix-up and switching of partners infuriated everyone. Carol Goldsmith... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | On the dance floor with Christine, Dixon feels "like a special agent, a picaroon, a Chicago war-lord, a hidalgo, an oil ... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Now Dixon is dancing with Carol Goldsmith. She complains about Bertrand Welch and his womanizing ways. She's furious Ber... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | Waiting for the fateful taxi, Dixon worries Christine won't meet him, and his plan—for seduction? romance? a nice chat?—... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Bemused, Christine admires Dixon's bold new ways. In turn, he is impressed she "ditched" Bertrand at the dance for him. ... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | Christine and Dixon stand in front of the Welches' house. It is dark, and no one is home. They decide to break in throug... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | The chapter begins with a prank letter Dixon is writing to Johns, threatening him (via an alias) with bodily harm if he ... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | It is the next morning, and, over his breakfast, Dixon thinks about how he really must finish his "Merrie England" talk.... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | Having completed Professor Welch's drudge work, Dixon now feels compelled to accompany him home for dinner. While natter... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | Back at Mrs. Cutler's house, Dixon stares at the communal telephone. He knows he has to cancel his tea date with Christi... Read More |
| Chapter 20 | "Merrie England" is Dixon's fate and fortune. If he succeeds in this lecture, he will probably secure his job for the fo... Read More |
| Chapter 21 | Dixon explains his Bertrand-inflicted black eye as a shaving accident. It is the pregame reception before the "Merrie En... Read More |
| Chapter 22 | The "Merrie England" lecture is almost too insane to summarize. It's like a comic nightmare. Dixon reaches the stage, ba... Read More |
| Chapter 23 | Beesley and Dixon discuss how and why the "Merrie England" lecture went so terribly wrong. They agree: it was the drink.... Read More |
| Chapter 24 | It is finally time for lunch with Catchpole, who turns out to be a nice-looking, innocuous young man. Immediately, he te... Read More |
| Chapter 25 | Suddenly Dixon, the perpetual pessimist, is as light as Voltaire's Candide, the simple fool in the best of all possible ... Read More |
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