Dombey and Son Charles Dickens Dombey and Son Table of Contents Dombey and Son........................................................................................................................................................1 Charles Dickens.............................................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 1. Dombey and Son.....................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 2. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best−regulated Families................................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER 3. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home−Department......................................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 4. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures..........25 CHAPTER 5. Paul's Progress and Christening............................................................................................34 CHAPTER 6. Paul's Second Deprivation....................................................................................................46 CHAPTER 7. A Bird's−eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling−place: also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections....................................................................................................................................................60 CHAPTER 8. Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character....................................................................63 CHAPTER 9. In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble..........................................................78 CHAPTER 10. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster.........................................................86 CHAPTER 11. Paul's Introduction to a New Scene....................................................................................95 CHAPTER 12. Paul's Education................................................................................................................104 CHAPTER 13. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business.......................................................................117 CHAPTER 14. Paul grows more and more Old−fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays.................125 CHAPTER 15. Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay......................139 CHAPTER 16. What the Waves were always saying................................................................................149 CHAPTER 17. Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People.............................................152 CHAPTER 18. Father and Daughter..........................................................................................................160 CHAPTER 19. Walter goes away..............................................................................................................172 CHAPTER 20. Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey.....................................................................................180 CHAPTER 21. New Faces.........................................................................................................................189 CHAPTER 22. A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager.......................................................197 CHAPTER 23. Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious..........................................................210 CHAPTER 24. The Study of a Loving Heart............................................................................................224 CHAPTER 25. Strange News of Uncle Sol...............................................................................................231 CHAPTER 26. Shadows of the Past and Future........................................................................................237 CHAPTER 27. Deeper Shadows...............................................................................................................249 CHAPTER 28. Alterations.........................................................................................................................260 CHAPTER 29. The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick............................................................................267 CHAPTER 30. The interval before the Marriage......................................................................................274 CHAPTER 31. The Wedding.....................................................................................................................284 CHAPTER 32. The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces.........................................................................293 CHAPTER 33. Contrasts...........................................................................................................................305 CHAPTER 34. Another Mother and Daughter..........................................................................................313 CHAPTER 35. The Happy Pair.................................................................................................................322 CHAPTER 36. Housewarming..................................................................................................................329 CHAPTER 37. More Warnings than One..................................................................................................336 CHAPTER 38. Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance.........................................................................344 CHAPTER 39. Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner..................................................349 CHAPTER 40. Domestic Relations...........................................................................................................360 CHAPTER 41. New Voices in the Waves.................................................................................................370 CHAPTER 42. Confidential and Accidental.............................................................................................377 CHAPTER 43. The Watches of the Night.................................................................................................387 i Dombey and Son Table of Contents Dombey and Son CHAPTER 44. A Separation.....................................................................................................................392 CHAPTER 45. The Trusty Agent..............................................................................................................399 CHAPTER 46. Recognizant and Reflective..............................................................................................405 CHAPTER 47. The Thunderbolt...............................................................................................................413 CHAPTER 48. The Flight of Florence......................................................................................................426 CHAPTER 49. The Midshipman makes a Discovery................................................................................434 CHAPTER 50. Mr Toots's Complaint.......................................................................................................445 CHAPTER 51. Mr Dombey and the World...............................................................................................457 CHAPTER 52. Secret Intelligence.............................................................................................................462 CHAPTER 53. More Intelligence..............................................................................................................473 CHAPTER 54. The Fugitives....................................................................................................................483 CHAPTER 55. Rob the Grinder loses his Place........................................................................................491 CHAPTER 56. Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted............................................499 CHAPTER 57. Another Wedding..............................................................................................................513 CHAPTER 58. After a Lapse.....................................................................................................................518 CHAPTER 59. Retribution........................................................................................................................528 CHAPTER 60. Chiefly Matrimonial.........................................................................................................539 CHAPTER 61. Relenting...........................................................................................................................547 CHAPTER 62. Final..................................................................................................................................555 PREFACE OF 1848...................................................................................................................................559 PREFACE OF 1867...................................................................................................................................560 ii Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 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