Some Discussions of Dickens's Dombey and Son (original) (raw)

General

• Multivocality in the novel
• "An Interior Confronting": Death in Jane Eyre and Dombey and Son
• The death scene
• Toodle the Railway Man — Occupation as Character
• The Transformative Power of Victorian Railways
• Dickens's Anti-Medievalism
• Railways as image and plot device in Dombey and Son
• Anorexia Mirabilis Decoded: Rereading Female Corporeal Consumption in Florence Dombey, Amy Dorrit, Dora Spenlow and Agnes Wickfield
• Dickens’s Consumptive Urbanity: Consumption (Tuberculosis) through the Prism of Sensibility

Illustrations by

• Phiz(Hablot K. Browne) for Dombey and Son

• Cover for monthly parts

• Frontispiece: Characters in the Storyuncaptioned frontispiece (in serial with the last number, April 1848)

• Rob the Grinder Reading with Captain Cuttle

• Miss Tox Introduces "The Party", Ch. 2 (October 1846)

• The Dombey Family, Ch. 3 (October 1846) colourized version

• The Christening Party, Ch. 5 (November 1846)

• Polly Rescues the Charitable Grinder, Ch. 6 (November 1846)

• Paul and Mrs. Pipchin, original plate — (working drawing), Ch. 8 (December 1846)

• Captain Cuttle consoles his Friend Ch. 9 (December 1846)

• Doctor Blimber's Young Gentlemen as they appeared when enjoying themselves, Ch. 12 (January 1847)

• Paul's exercises, Ch. 12 (January 1847)

• Paul goes home for the holidays, Ch. 14 (February 1847)

• Profound cogitation of Captain Cuttle, original plate Ch. 15 (February 1847) — colourized version

• Poor Paul's Friend, Ch. 18 (March 1847)

• The Wooden Midshipman on the look out, Ch. 19 (March 1847)

• Major Bagstock is delighted to have that opportunity, —working drawing) Ch. 21 (April 1847)

• Mr. Toots becomes particular — Diogenes also, Ch. 22 (April 1847)

• Solemn reference made to Mr. Bunsby, Ch. 23 (May 1847)

• Mr. Carker introduces himself to Florence and the Skettles family— colourized version, Ch. 24 (May 1847)

• Joe B. is sly, Sir, devilish sly, Ch. 26 (June 1847)

• Mr. Dombey introduces his daughter Florence (original plate) — colourized version) Ch. 28 (June 1847)

• The eyes of Mrs. Chick are opened to Lucretia Tox, Ch. 29 (July 1847)

• Coming home from Church, Ch. 31 (July 1847)

• A Visitor of distinction, Ch. 32 (August 1847)

• The Rejected Alms — colorized version, Ch. 34 (August 1847)

• Mrs. Dombey at Home, Ch. 36 (September 1847)

• Miss Tox pays a visit to the Toodle Family, Ch. 38 (September 1847)

• The Midshipman is boarded by the enemy— plate, Ch. 39 (October 1847) — working drawing

• A chance Meeting — colorized version, Ch. 40 (October 1847)

• Mr. Dombey and his "confidential agent", Ch. 42 (November 1848)

• Florence parts from a very old friend, Ch. 44 (November 1848)

• Abstraction & Recognition, Ch. 46 (December 1848)

• Florence and Edith on the Staircase, Ch. 47 (December 1847)

• The Shadow in the little parlor, Ch. 49 (January 1848)

• Mr. Dombey and The World, Ch. 51 (January 1848)

• Secret intelligence, Ch.52 (February 1848)

• Mr. Carker in his hour of triumph — workingdrawing — colorized version, Ch. 54 (February 1848)

• On the Dark Road [dark plate], Ch. 55 (March 1848)

• An arrival, Ch. 56 (March 1848)

• "Let him remember it in that room, years to come!", Ch. 59 (April 1848)

• Another Wedding, Ch. 60 (April 1848)

Other material, including front matter and sketches

• Cover for monthly parts
• Seventeen "Fancies" for Mr. Dombey
• Seventeen "Fancies" for Mr. Dombey
• Portrait of Miss Skewton (from a series of separately published etchings)

Unidentified illustrator for the Co-operative Publication Society's edition of Dicken's works [1912?]

• Captain Cuttle:"Uncle much hove down, Wal'r?" inquired the Captain
• "Or rising to see where the moon shone faintly."

Last modified 20 June 2014