Dombey and Son

 

By

 

Charles Dickens

 


CONTENTS:

 

CHAPTER 1. Dombey and Son. 4

CHAPTER 2. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families. 15

CHAPTER 3. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department 27

CHAPTER 4. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures  38

CHAPTER 5. Paul's Progress and Christening. 49

CHAPTER 6. Paul's Second Deprivation. 66

CHAPTER 7. A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections  85

CHAPTER 8. Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character 90

CHAPTER 9 In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble. 109

CHAPTER 10. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster 121

CHAPTER 11. Paul's Introduction to a New Scene. 133

CHAPTER 12. Paul's Education. 146

CHAPTER 13. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business. 163

CHAPTER 14. Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays. 175

CHAPTER 15. Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay. 194

CHAPTER 16. What the Waves were always saying. 207

CHAPTER 17. Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People. 212

CHAPTER 18. Father and Daughter 222

CHAPTER 19. Walter goes away. 238

CHAPTER 20. Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey. 250

CHAPTER 21. New Faces. 262

CHAPTER 22. A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager 272

CHAPTER 23. Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious. 290

CHAPTER 24. The Study of a Loving Heart 309

CHAPTER 25. Strange News of Uncle Sol 319

CHAPTER 26. Shadows of the Past and Future. 327

CHAPTER 27. Deeper Shadows. 342

CHAPTER 28. Alterations. 357

CHAPTER 29. The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick. 367

CHAPTER 30. The interval before the Marriage. 377

CHAPTER 31. The Wedding. 391

CHAPTER 32. The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces. 404

CHAPTER 33. Contrasts. 419

CHAPTER 34. Another Mother and Daughter 431

CHAPTER 35. The Happy Pair 443

CHAPTER 36. Housewarming. 453

CHAPTER 37. More Warnings than One. 463

CHAPTER 38. Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance. 473

CHAPTER 39. Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner 481

CHAPTER 40. Domestic Relations. 495

CHAPTER 41. New Voices in the Waves. 509

CHAPTER 42. Confidential and Accidental 518

CHAPTER 43. The Watches of the Night 532

CHAPTER 44. A Separation. 540

CHAPTER 45. The Trusty Agent 549

CHAPTER 46. Recognizant and Reflective.