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Dombey and Son

by Charles Dickens

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Table of Contents
PREFACE OF 1848 PREFACE OF 1867 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

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