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Dombey and Son was contributed by: Neil McLachlan,
[email protected] and Ted Davis,
[email protected] on behalf of the Talking Newspaper of

the UK (TNAUK).
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maintaining hyphenation where appropriate; except for the Prefaces,
the text has been reformatted to 70 columns.

Structure: Contents

Chapters
1 to 62 Preface of 1848 Preface of 1867

Dombey and Son
by Charles Dickens

CONTENTS
1. Dombey and Son 2. In which Timely Provision is made for an
Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families 3.
In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the
Home-Department 4. In which some more First Appearances are made
on the Stage of these Adventures 5. Paul's Progress and Christening 6.
Paul's Second Deprivation 7. A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's
Dwelling-place; also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections 8. Paul's
further Progress, Growth, and Character 9. In which the Wooden
Midshipman gets into Trouble 10. Containing the Sequel of the
Midshipman's Disaster 11. Paul's Introduction to a New Scene 12.
Paul's Education 13. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business 14.

Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the
holidays 15. Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit
for Walter Gay 16. What the Waves were always saying 17. Captain
Cuttle does a little Business for the Young people 18. Father and
Daughter 19. Walter goes away 20. Mr Dombey goes upon a journey
21. New Faces 22. A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager
23. Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious 24. The Study of
a Loving Heart 25. Strange News of Uncle Sol 26. Shadows of the Past
and Future 27. Deeper shadows 28. Alterations 29. The Opening of the
Eyes of Mrs Chick 30. The Interval before the Marriage 31. The
Wedding 32. The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces 33. Contrasts 34.
Another Mother and Daughter 35. The Happy Pair 36. Housewarming
37. More Warnings than One 38. Miss Tox improves an Old
Acquaintance 39. Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle,
Mariner 40. Domestic Relations 41. New Voices in the Waves 42.
Confidential and Accidental 43. The Watches of the Night 44. A
Separation 45. The Trusty Agent 46. Recognizant and Reflective 47.
The Thunderbolt 48. The Flight of Florence 49. The Midshipman
makes a Discovery 50. Mr Toots's Complaint 51. Mr Dombey and the
World 52. Secret Intelligence 53. More Intelligence 54. The Fugitives
55. Rob the Grinder loses his Place 56. Several People delighted, and
the Game Chicken disgusted 57. Another Wedding 58. After a Lapse
59. Retribution 60. Chiefly Matrimonial 61. Relenting 62. Final

CHAPTER 1.
Dombey and Son

Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair
by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead,
carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and
close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and
it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new.

Dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age.