Dombey and Son

Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm。 His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it，despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health。 But Dombey also has a daughter，whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned。 'Girls' said Mr Dombey，'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son'。 When Walter Gay，a young clerk in her father's office，rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London，his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company。 It is to be a very different type of story。
　　Dombey and Son moved grown men to tears （Thackeray despaired of‘Writing against such power as this’），but its rich，comic characters and their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally ujnerring magic。

Book Description
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Mr Dombey is a proud, stern man with an ambition to gain a son and thus entitle his shipping firm "Dombey and Son." This tale leads Mr Dombey through personal tragedy to bitterness and separation from those who he has wronged and who have endeavoured to love him despite his actions.

From AudioFile
Frederick Davidson gives such a splendid dramatization of this family saga, set in London in the 1840's, that it's almost like watching theater. Davidson matches his versatile voice to each one of the principals. He also manages to distinguish with equal elasticity among a host of vivid and disparate supporting characters. Thanks to Davidson's seamless delivery, the narrative sweeps the listener through more than 40 hours of sustained drama. J.H.L. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner.

Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
Dombey and Son
In wbich timely Prouision is made for an Emergency that-will sometimes arise in the bdst-regulated Families
In which Mr Dombey,as a Man and a Fagher,is seen at the Head of the Home Department
Paul's Progress and Christening
Paul's Second Depriuation
A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place; also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections
Paul's further Progress,Growtb and Character
In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble
COntaining the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster
Paul's Introduction to a New Scene
Paul's Education to a New Scene
Paul's Education
Sbipping Intilligence and Office Business
Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned,and goes Home for the Holidays
Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle,and a New Pursuit for Walter Gay
What the Waues always saying
Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People
Fahter and Daughter
Walther goes away
Mr Dombey goes upon a fourny
New Faces
A Trifle of Management gy Mr Carker the Manager
Florernce Solitary and the Midshipman Mysterious
The Study of a Louing Heart
Strange News of Uncle Sol
Shadows of a Louing Heart
Shadows of the Past and Future
Deeper Shadows
Alterations
The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick
The Interual before the Marriage
The Wedding
The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces
Contrasts
Another Mother and Daughter
The Happy Pair
House-warming
More Warnings than One
Miss Tox Improues an Old Acquaintace
Furbther Aduentures of Captain Edward Cuttle,Mariner
Domestic Relations
New Voices in the Waves
Confidential and Accidental
The Watches of the Night
A Separation
The Trusty Agent
Recognisant and Reflectiue
The Thunderbolt
The Fligbt of Florence
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Notes