Household Edition of Dombey and Son | Dickens Gallery

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Household Edition

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The Household Edition of Dombey and Son was published in 1877 and features 62 illustrations by Fred Barnard.

Title Page and Vignette

A thorough contrast in all respects to Mr. Dombey

"I may be very fond of pennywinkles, Mrs. Richards, but it don't follow that I'm to have 'em for tea"

"So, here's to Dombey — and Son — and Daughter"

Mr. Dombey dismounting first to help the ladies out

"Why, what can you want with Dombey and Son's?" ... "To Know the way there, if you please"

Florence obeyed as far as her trembling hands would allow; keeping, all the while, a frightened eye on Mrs. Brown

Dombey and Son

Listening to the Sea

And, when he got there, sat down in a chair, and fell into a silent fit of laughter with which he was sometimes seized, and which was always particularly awful

When the Doctor smiled auspiciously at his author, or knit his brows, or shook his head and made wry faces at him, as much as to say, "Don’t tell me, Sir; I know better," it was terrific

"Your father’s regularly rich, ain’t he?" inquired Mr. Toots.

"Yes, Sir," said Paul. "He’s Dombey and Son."

"You respect nobody, Carker, I think," said Mr. Dombey.

"No?" inquired Carker, with another wide and most feline show of his teeth

During this conversation, Walter had looked from one brother to the other with pain and amazement

Paul also asked him, as a practical man, what he thought about King Alfred’s idea of measuring time by the burning of candles; to which the workman replied, that he thought it would be the ruin of the clock trade if it was to come up again

The Breaking-up Party at Doctor Blimbers's

Before they had gone very far, they encountered a woman selling flowers; when the Captain stopping short, as if struck by a happy idea, made a purchase of the largest bundle in her basket

All this time, the bereaved father has not been seen even by his attendant; for he sits in a corner of his own dark room

It was repeated, often — very often, in the shadowy solitude; and broken murmurs of the strain still trembled on the keys, when the sweet voice was hushed in tears

Took Uncle Sol's snuff-coloured lappels, one in each hand; kissed him on the cheek, etc

"Take advice from plain old Joe, and never educate that sort of people, Sir," returned the Major. "Damme, Sir, it never does! It always fails!"

Withers the Wan, at this period, handing round the tea, Mr. Dombey again addressed himself to Edith

"Do you know that there is some one here!" She returned, now looking at him steadily

"Let you alone!" said Mr. Carker. "What! I have got you, have I?" There was no doubt of that, and tightly too. "You dog," said Mr Carker, through his set jaws, "I’ll strangle you!"

"What do you want with Captain Cuttle, I should wish to know?" said Mrs. MacStinger.

"Should you? Then I’m sorry that you won’t be satisfied," returned Miss Nipper

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