One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed

David Copperfield to Quo Vadis, Don Quixote to The War of the Worlds — a hundred of the world's great novels, each condensed to a brisk summary with its author's life story, as read in 1919.

Dombey and Son

4 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

Dombey and Son

By CHARLES DICKENS Condensation by CAROLINE TICKNOR THIS story opens in the gloomy mansion of Mr. Dombey, head of the famous house of…

Dombey and Son: Blimber

Wishing to hasten Paul's education, Mr. Dombey sends him to Doctor Blimber's school, famed for its method of crushing out each boyish trait…

Dombey and Son: Walter

Beside the dark threads in this story are woven many bright ones which center in the humble dwelling of old Solomon Gills, maker of ships'…

Dombey and Son: Carker

The fortunes of the house of Dombey are guided principally by the clever and "catlike" manager, James Carker, with gleaming teeth and a…

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