Dombey and Son: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Dombey and Son, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens. Read in English by Hamlet. To Paul Dombey, the business is everything, and he must have a son who will learn the business and eventually inherit it. Will his newborn, but sickly son be the fulfilment of his hopes and dreams? And what about his daughter Florence, who made the mistake of being born a girl? - Summary by Brad Filippone

Recording facts

• Recording title: Dombey and Son
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 62
• Listed recording duration: 34:20:18

Opening tracks: first 24 of 62

1. 01 - Dombey and Son — 27:51
2. 02 - In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families — 27:57
3. 03 - In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department — 26:41
4. 04 - In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures — 28:19
5. 05 - Paul's Progress and Christening — 44:21
6. 06 - Paul's Second Deprivation — 47:03
7. 07 - A Bird's-eye Glimpse of Miss Tox's Dwelling-place: also of the State of Miss Tox's Affections — 14:13
8. 08 - Paul's Further Progress, Growth and Character — 50:33
9. 09 - In which the Wooden Midshipman gets into Trouble — 29:35
10. 10 - Containing the Sequel of the Midshipman's Disaster — 30:29
11. 11 - Paul's Introduction to a New Scene — 34:18
12. 12 - Paul's Education — 42:14
13. 13 - Shipping Intelligence and Office Business — 29:44
14. 14 - Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays — 57:25
15. 15 - Amazing Artfulness of Captain Cuttle, and a new Pursuit for Walter Gay — 33:06
16. 16 - What the Waves were always saying — 13:19
17. 17 - Captain Cuttle does a little Business for the Young People — 25:34
18. 18 - Father and Daughter — 43:25
19. 19 - Walter goes away — 28:47
20. 20 - Mr Dombey goes upon a Journey — 33:37
21. 21 - New Faces — 24:28
22. 22 - A Trifle of Management by Mr Carker the Manager — 44:02
23. 23 - Florence solitary, and the Midshipman mysterious — 51:47
24. 24 - The Study of a Loving Heart — 25:48

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