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This edition includes the editor's introduction: “Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) in his historical context”
Published as a monthly serial novel from October 1846 until April 1848, “Dombey and Son” is a lesser-known work by Charles Dickens.
“Dombey and Son” tells the tale of a dysfunctional family led by a heartless businessman, Paul Dombey, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps. He initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death.
“Dombey and Son” features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, and relations between people from different social classes.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Literature
Length39 hrs 32 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) in his historical context
2Preface of 1848
3Preface of 1867
4Chapter 1 - Dombey and Son
5Chapter 2 - In Which Timely Provision is Made for an Emergency That Will Sometimes Arise in the Best-regulated Families
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6Chapter 3 - In Which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is Seen at the Head of the Home-department
7Chapter 4 - In Which Some More First Appearances Are Made on the Stage of These Adventures
8Chapter 5 - Paul's Progress and Christening
9Chapter 6 - Paul's Second Deprivation
10Chapter 7 - A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place: Also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections
11Chapter 8 - Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character
12Chapter 9 - In Which the Wooden Midshipman Gets Into Trouble
13Chapter 10 - Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster
14Chapter 11 - Paul's Introduction to a New Scene
15Chapter 12 - Paul's Education
16Chapter 13 - Shipping Intelligence and Office Business
17Chapter 14 - Paul Grows More and More Old-fashioned, and Goes Home for the Holidays
18Chapter 15 - Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a New Pursuit for Walter Gay
19Chapter 16 - What the Waves Were Always Saying
20Chapter 17 - Captain Cuttle Does a Little Business for the Young People
21Chapter 18 - Father and Daughter
22Chapter 19 - Walter Goes Away
23Chapter 20 - Mr Dombey Goes Upon a Journey
24Chapter 21 - New Faces
25Chapter 22 - A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager
26Chapter 23 - Florence Solitary, and the Midshipman Mysterious
27Chapter 24 - The Study of a Loving Heart
28Chapter 25 - Strange News of Uncle Sol
29Chapter 26 - Shadows of the Past and Future
30Chapter 27 - Deeper Shadows
31Chapter 28 - Alterations
32Chapter 29 - The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick
33Chapter 30 - The Interval Before the Marriage
34Chapter 31 - The Wedding
35Chapter 32 - The Wooden Midshipman Goes to Pieces
36Chapter 33 - Contrasts
37Chapter 34 - Another Mother and Daughter
38Chapter 35 - The Happy Pair
39Chapter 36 - Housewarming
40Chapter 37 - More Warnings Than One
41Chapter 38 - Miss Tox Improves an Old Acquaintance
42Chapter 39 - Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner
43Chapter 40 - Domestic Relations
44Chapter 41 - New Voices in the Waves
45Chapter 42 - Confidential and Accidental
46Chapter 43 - The Watches of the Night
47Chapter 44 - A Separation
48Chapter 45 - The Trusty Agent
49Chapter 46 - Recognizant and Reflective
50Chapter 47 - The Thunderbolt
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