Dombey and Son / Charles Dickens.

Originally published in 1848.

Dickens reveals the complexity of London society as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey. A sensitive family drama unfolds between this stern father, his two children and aloof wife in which time and fateful events bring a slow, inexorable pressure to bear upon the hearts of all. in Paul Dombey we witness the force of social and personal arrogance ("For Dombey is as proud, Ma'am, as Lucifer") wrestling with his own stubborn, but not unredeemable, heart.

Title; Contents; Preface of 1848; Preface of 1867; Chapter 1 Dombey and Son; Chapter 2 In Which Timely Provision is Made for an Emergency that Will Sometimes Arise in the Best-Regulated Families; Chapter 3 In Which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is Seen at the Head of the Home-Department; Chapter 4 In Which Some More First Appearances Are Made on the Stage of These Adventures; Chapter 5 Paul's Progress and Christening; Chapter 6 Paul's Second Deprivation; Chapter 7 A Bird's-Eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's DwellingPlace: Also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections

Chapter 8 Paul's Further Progress, Growth and CharacterChapter 9 In Which the Wooden Midshipman Gets into Trouble; Chapter 10 Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster; Chapter 11 Paul's Introduction to a New Scene; Chapter 12 Paul's Education; Chapter 13 Shipping Intelligence and Office Business; Chapter 14 Paul Grows More and More Old-Fashioned, and Goes Home for the Holidays; Chapter 15 Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a New Pursuit for Walter Gay; Chapter 16 What the Waves Were Always Saying; Chapter 17 Captain Cuttle Does a Little Business for the Young People

Chapter 18 Father and DaughterChapter 19 Walter Goes Away; Chapter 20 Mr Dombey Goes Upon a Journey; Chapter 21 New Faces; Chapter 22 A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager; Chapter 23 Florence Solitary, and the Midshipman Mysterious; Chapter 24 The Study of a Loving Heart; Chapter 25 Strange News of Uncle Sol; Chapter 26 Shadows of the Past and Future; Chapter 27 Deeper Shadows; Chapter 28 Alterations; Chapter 29 The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick; Chapter 30 The Interval Before the Marriage; Chapter 31 The Wedding; Chapter 32 The Wooden Midshipman Goes to Pieces

Chapter 33 ContrastsChapter 34 Another Mother and Daughter; Chapter 35 The Happy Pair; Chapter 36 Housewarming; Chapter 37 More Warnings than One; Chapter 38 Miss Tox Improves an Old Acquaintance; Chapter 39 Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner; Chapter 40 Domestic Relations; Chapter 41 New Voices in the Waves; Chapter 42 Confidential and Accidental; Chapter 43 The Watches of the Night; Chapter 44 A Separation; Chapter 45 The Trusty Agent; Chapter 46 Recognizant and Reflective; Chapter 47 The Thunderbolt; Chapter 48 The Flight of Florence

Chapter 49 The Midshipman Makes a DiscoveryChapter 50 Mr Toots's Complaint; Chapter 51 Mr Dombey and the World; Chapter 52 Secret Intelligence; Chapter 53 More Intelligence; Chapter 54 The Fugitives; Chapter 55 Rob the Grinder Loses His Place; Chapter 56 Several People Delighted, and the Game Chicken Disgusted; Chapter 57 Another Wedding; Chapter 58 After a Lapse; Chapter 59 Retribution; Chapter 60 Chiefly Matrimonial; Chapter 61 Relenting; Chapter 62 Final

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