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Dombey and Son (version 3)

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

To Paul Dombey, the business is everything, and he must have a son who will learn the business and eventually inherit it. Will his newborn, but sickly son be the fulfillment of his hopes and dreams? And what about his daughter Florence, who made the mistake of being born a girl? - Summary by Brad Filippone

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Dombey and Son	Hamlet	00:27:51
Play 02	In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families	Hamlet	00:27:57
Play 03	In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department	Hamlet	00:26:41
Play 04	In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures	Hamlet	00:28:19
Play 05	Paul's Progress and Christening	Hamlet	00:44:21
Play 06	Paul's Second Deprivation	Hamlet	00:47:03
Play 07	A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections	Hamlet	00:14:13
Play 08	Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character	Hamlet	00:50:33
Play 09	In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble	Hamlet	00:29:35
Play 10	Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster	Hamlet	00:30:29
Play 11	Paul's Introduction to a New Scene	Hamlet	00:34:18
Play 12	Paul's Education	Hamlet	00:42:14
Play 13	Shipping Intelligence and Office Business	Hamlet	00:29:44
Play 14	Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays	Hamlet	00:57:25
Play 15	Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay	Hamlet	00:33:06
Play 16	What the Waves were always saying	Hamlet	00:13:19
Play 17	Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People	Hamlet	00:25:34
Play 18	Father and Daughter	Hamlet	00:43:25
Play 19	Walter goes away	Hamlet	00:28:47
Play 20	Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey	Hamlet	00:33:37
Play 21	New Faces	Hamlet	00:24:28
Play 22	A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager	Hamlet	00:44:02
Play 23	Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious	Hamlet	00:51:47
Play 24	The Study of a Loving Heart	Hamlet	00:25:48
Play 25	Strange News of Uncle Sol	Hamlet	00:20:41
Play 26	Shadows of the Past and Future	Hamlet	00:37:53
Play 27	Deeper Shadows	Hamlet	00:41:34
Play 28	Alterations	Hamlet	00:23:46
Play 29	The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick	Hamlet	00:29:54
Play 30	The Interval before the Marriage	Hamlet	00:36:30
Play 31	The Wedding	Hamlet	00:41:26
Play 32	The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces	Hamlet	00:42:33
Play 33	Contrasts	Hamlet	00:31:52
Play 34	Another Mother and Daughter	Hamlet	00:27:35
Play 35	The Happy Pair	Hamlet	00:31:03
Play 36	Housewarming	Hamlet	00:31:27
Play 37	More Warnings than One	Hamlet	00:28:55
Play 38	Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance	Hamlet	00:22:06
Play 39	Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner	Hamlet	00:41:15
Play 40	Domestic Relations	Hamlet	00:40:31
Play 41	New Voices in the Waves	Hamlet	00:26:59
Play 42	Confidential and Accidental	Hamlet	00:39:06
Play 43	The Watches of the Night	Hamlet	00:22:49
Play 44	A Separation	Hamlet	00:22:09
Play 45	The Trusty Agent	Hamlet	00:20:59
Play 46	Recognizant and Reflective	Hamlet	00:29:55
Play 47	The Thunderbolt	Hamlet	00:49:31
Play 48	The Flight of Florence	Hamlet	00:27:36
Play 49	The Midshipman makes a Discovery	Hamlet	00:42:01
Play 50	Mr Toots's Complaint	Hamlet	00:40:55
Play 51	Mr Dombey and the World	Hamlet	00:20:53
Play 52	Secret Intelligence	Hamlet	00:33:39
Play 53	More Intelligence	Hamlet	00:38:05
Play 54	The Fugitives	Hamlet	00:26:12
Play 55	Rob the Grinder loses his Place	Hamlet	00:30:31
Play 56	Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted	Hamlet	00:55:00
Play 57	Another Wedding	Hamlet	00:20:20
Play 58	After a Lapse	Hamlet	00:40:05
Play 59	Retribution	Hamlet	00:50:18
Play 60	Chiefly Matrimonial	Hamlet	00:30:54
Play 61	Relenting	Hamlet	00:33:34
Play 62	Final	Hamlet	00:15:10

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