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Dombey and Son

Dickens, Charles

Read by Mil Nicholson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapter 00: Prefaces of 1848 and 1867 (3:57)
Chapter 01: Dombey and Son (34:23)
Chapter 02: In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families (34:21)
Chapter 03: In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department (31:42)
Chapter 04: In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures (36:01)
Chapter 05: Paul's Progress and Christening (51:17)
Chapter 06: Paul's Second Deprivation (55:38)
Chapter 07: A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place; also of the state of Miss Tox's Affections (15:30)
Chapter 08: Paul's further Progress, Growth, and Character (59:52)
Chapter 09: In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble (36:19)
Chapter 10: Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster (35:56)
Chapter 11: Paul's Introduction to a New Scene (40:01)
Chapter 12: Paul's Education (50:15)
Chapter 13: Shipping Intelligence and Office Business (36:46)
Chapter 14: Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned. and goes Home for the holidays (1:03:23)
Chapter 15: Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay (39:00)
Chapter 16: What the Waves were always saying (15:51)
Chapter 17: Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People (31:59)
Chapter 18: Father and Daughter (49:07)
Chapter 19: Walter goes away (36:14)
Chapter 20: Mr Dombey goes upon a journey (40:03)
Chapter 21: New Faces (29:31)
Chapter 22: A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager (52:07)
Chapter 23: Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious (59:35)
Chapter 24: The Study of a Loving Heart (31:22)
Chapter 25: Strange News of Uncle Sol (25:38)
Chapter 26: Shadows of the Past and Future (44:37)
Chapter 27: Deeper shadows (47:31)
Chapter 28: Alterations (28:13)
Chapter 29: The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick (32:26)
Chapter 30: The Interval before the Marriage (41:26)
Chapter 31: The Wedding (46:24)
Chapter 32: The Wooden Midshipman goes to Pieces (49:25)
Chapter 33: Contrasts (37:14)
Chapter 34: Another Mother and Daughter (33:57)
Chapter 35: The Happy Pair (34:12)
Chapter 36: Housewarming (34:20)
Chapter 37: More Warnings than One (32:15)
Chapter 38: Miss Tox improves an Old Acquaintance (27:08)
Chapter 39: Further Adventures of Captain Edward Cuttle, Mariner (46:50)
Chapter 40: Domestic Relations (47:36)
Chapter 41: New Voices in the Waves (30:45)
Chapter 42: Confidential and Accidental (45:50)
Chapter 43: The Watches of the Night (25:01)
Chapter 44: A Separation (27:31)
Chapter 45: The Trusty Agent (27:19)
Chapter 46: Recognizant and Reflective (36:44)
Chapter 47: The Thunderbolt (1:00:06)
Chapter 48: The Flight of Florence (33:05)
Chapter 49: The Midshipman makes a Discovery (49:53)
Chapter 50: Mr Toots's Complaint (49:56)
Chapter 51: Mr Dombey and the World (24:53)
Chapter 52: Secret Intelligence (43:46)
Chapter 53: More Intelligence (45:43)
Chapter 54: The Fugitives (32:15)
Chapter 55: Rob the Grinder loses his Place (33:50)
Chapter 56: Several People delighted, and the Game Chicken disgusted (1:03:58)
Chapter 57: Another Wedding (22:00)
Chapter 58: After a lapse (44:08)
Chapter 59: Retribution (54:10)
Chapter 60: Chiefly Matrimonial (35:55)
Chapter 61: Relenting (37:49)
Chapter 62: Final (18:01)

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