Dombey and Son
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Different versions of Dombey & Son
MR
Mar 13, 2020 01:53PM
I’m relatively new to the works of Charles Dickens. I’m on a quest since I retired to read all his works, listen to all the audio books and watch all the films and TV series.
I have a problem with Dombey & Son, I have realised there are at least two versions of this mammoth novel.
In the version I’m currently reading, a paperback by Wordsworth Classics ISBN 1 85326 2579 printed in 1995, many of the paragraphs have less sentences in them than the audio book and other versions I have seen on line.
For example
Chapter 1 para 4 “The House will once again, Mrs Dombey,” said Mr Dombey, “be not only in name but in fact Dombey and Son!” {and he added with a tone of luxurious satisfaction with his eyes half closed as if he were reading the name in a device of flowers and inhaling their fragrance at the same time;} “ Dom-bey and Son”
The text between { } doesn’t appear in the version I have.
Can anyone explain this and point me in the direction of finding the longer version.
Chris
I have a problem with Dombey & Son, I have realised there are at least two versions of this mammoth novel.
In the version I’m currently reading, a paperback by Wordsworth Classics ISBN 1 85326 2579 printed in 1995, many of the paragraphs have less sentences in them than the audio book and other versions I have seen on line.
For example
Chapter 1 para 4 “The House will once again, Mrs Dombey,” said Mr Dombey, “be not only in name but in fact Dombey and Son!” {and he added with a tone of luxurious satisfaction with his eyes half closed as if he were reading the name in a device of flowers and inhaling their fragrance at the same time;} “ Dom-bey and Son”
The text between { } doesn’t appear in the version I have.
Can anyone explain this and point me in the direction of finding the longer version.
Chris
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