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Dombey and Son

by Charles Dickens

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  1. 01Front matter~3 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. Dombey and Son — part 1~25 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. Dombey and Son — part 2~5 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families. — part 1~25 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families. — part 2~5 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III. In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department — part 2~6 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures — part 1~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER IV. In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures — part 2~6 min
  10. 10CHAPTER V. Paul’s Progress and Christening — part 1~25 min
  11. 11CHAPTER V. Paul’s Progress and Christening — part 2~23 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VI. Paul’s Second Deprivation — part 1~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VI. Paul’s Second Deprivation — part 2~25 min
  14. 14CHAPTER VI. Paul’s Second Deprivation — part 3~4 min
  15. 15CHAPTER VII. A Bird’s-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox’s Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox’s Affections~15 min
  16. 16CHAPTER VIII. Paul’s Further Progress, Growth and Character — part 1~25 min
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII. Paul’s Further Progress, Growth and Character — part 2~25 min
  18. 18CHAPTER VIII. Paul’s Further Progress, Growth and Character — part 3~7 min
  19. 19CHAPTER IX. In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble — part 1~25 min
  20. 20CHAPTER IX. In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble — part 2~10 min
  21. 21CHAPTER X. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman’s Disaster — part 1~25 min
  22. 22CHAPTER X. Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman’s Disaster — part 2~10 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XI. Paul’s Introduction to a New Scene — part 1~25 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XI. Paul’s Introduction to a New Scene — part 2~12 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XII. Paul’s Education — part 1~25 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XII. Paul’s Education — part 2~23 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XIII. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business — part 1~25 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XIII. Shipping Intelligence and Office Business — part 2~9 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XIV. Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays — part 1~25 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XIV. Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays — part 2~25 min

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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. Son about eight-and-forty minutes. Dombey was rather bald, rather red, and though a handsome well-made man, too stern and pompous in appearance, to be prepossessing. Son was very bald, and very red, and though (of course) an undeniably fine infant, somewhat crushed and spotty in his general effect, as yet. On the brow of Dombey, Time and his brother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time—remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, notching as they go—while the countenance of Son was crossed with a thousand little creases, which the same deceitful Time would take delight in smoothing out and wearing away with the flat part of his scythe, as a preparation of the surface for his deeper operations.

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