Charles Dickens: Dombey and SonPaul & Mrs Pipchin

THEMES:
Pride. Suppression of feelings. Subservience of the individual. Corruption of our society by inequality, poverty and disease. Railways, as transformers: of travel (to Leamington); of occupations (Toodle); of landscapes (Staggs’s Gardens); and as destroyers (Carker).

Year the First, 2008-09

~ 20 September 2008 ~
1: Dombey and Son ~ Entire.
2: In which Timely Provision is made ... ~ Entire.
3: In which Mr Dombey ... ~ 6pp to ‘“... how to leave the London Docks.’”
4: OMIT (introduces the Wooden Midshipman, Sol Gills, Walter Gay, Captain Cuttle).


Dombey
~ 18 October ~
5: Paul’s Progress and Christening ~ Entire.
6: Paul’s Second Deprivation ~ 11pp to ‘... remembering that she was watched.’

~ 15 November ~
7: A Bird’s-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox’s Dwelling-place ... ~ Entire.
8: Paul’s further Progress, Growth, and Character ~ Entire.
9: OMIT (the Wooden Midshipman gets into trouble).

~ 17 January 2009 ~
10: Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman’s Disaster ~ Entire.
11: Paul’s Introduction to a New Scene ~ Entire.


characters
~ 21 February ~
12: Paul’s Education ~ Entire.
13: Shipping Intelligence & Office Business ~ Entire.
14-19: OMIT.

~ 21 March ~
20: Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey ~ Entire.
21: New Faces ~ Entire.
22-25: OMIT.

~ 18 April ~
26: Shadows of the Past and Future ~ Entire.
27: Deeper Shadows ~ 15pp to ‘“... lived for this, and that I feel it!’”
28: OMIT.

Bagstock
~ 16 May ~
29: The Opening of the Eyes of Mrs Chick ~ Entire.
30: The Interval before the Marriage ~ Entire.

Year the Second, 2009-10

~ 19 September 2009 ~DS 3
31: The Wedding ~ Entire.
32: OMIT.
33: Contrasts ~ Entire.
34: OMIT.


~ 17 October ~
35: The Happy Pair ~ Entire.
36: Housewarming ~ Entire.
37: More Warnings than One ~ Entire.
38-39: OMIT.

~ 21 November ~
40: Domestic Relations ~ Entire.
41: New Voices in the Waves ~ Entire.
42: OMIT.

Dombey foursome
~ 16 January 2010 ~
43: The Watches of the Night ~ Entire.
44: A Separation ~ Entire.
45: The Trusty Agent ~ Entire.
46: OMIT.

~ 20 February ~
47: The Thunderbolt ~ Entire.
48: The Flight of Florence ~ Entire.
49-50: OMIT.

~ 20 March ~
51: Mr Dombey and the World ~ Entire.
52: Secret Intelligence ~ Entire.
53: More Intelligence ~ Part (about 8pp).


Edith-Carker
~ 17 April ~
53: More Intelligence ~ Rest (about 8pp).
54: The Fugitives ~ Entire.
55: Rob the Grinder loses his Place ~ Entire.
56: OMIT.

~ 15 May ~
57: Another Wedding ~ Entire.
58: OMIT.
59: Retribution ~ Entire.
60-61: OMIT.
62: Final ~ Entire.


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