Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens

• Publisher: Caelwick Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9791044603616
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Chapitre 1
• Dombey and Son
• In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families
• In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department
• In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures
• Paul's Progress and Christening
• Paul's Second Deprivation
• A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections
• Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character
• In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble
• Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster
• Paul's Introduction to a New Scene
• Paul's Education
• Shipping Intelligence and Office Business
• Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays
• Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay
• What the Waves were always saying
• Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People
• Father and Daughter
• Walter goes away
• Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey
• New Faces
• A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager
• Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious
• The Study of a Loving Heart
• Strange News of Uncle Sol
• Shadows of the Past and Future
• Deeper Shadows
• Alterations
• The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick
• The interval before the Marriage
• The Wedding
• The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces
• Contrasts
• Another Mother and Daughter
• The Happy Pair
• Housewarming
• More Warnings than One
• Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance
• Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner
• Domestic Relations
• New Voices in the Waves
• Confidential and Accidental
• The Watches of the Night
• A Separation
• The Trusty Agent
• Recognizant and Reflective
• The Thunderbolt
• The Flight of Florence
• The Midshipman makes a Discovery
• Mr Toots's Complaint
• Mr Dombey and the World
• Secret Intelligence
• More Intelligence
• The Fugitives
• Rob the Grinder loses his Place
• Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted
• Another Wedding
• After a Lapse
• Retribution
• Chiefly Matrimonial
• Relenting
• Final