Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface and Note IX
4. CHAPTER I The First Major Novel: Dombey and Son- 1
5. Appendix: Dickens and Smollett 30
6. CHAPTER II Dickens and Tolstoy: The Case for a Serious View of David Copperfield 34
7. Appendix A: Dora 'from a woman's point of view' 106
8. Appendix B : Oliver Twist, Jane Eyre and David Copperfield 108
9. Appendix C: Dickens's Exposure Scenes 111
10. CHAPTER III Bleak House : A Chancery World 118
11. Appendix A: The Symbolic Function of the Doctor in Victorian Novels 179
12. Appendix B: Mayhew and Dickens 184
13. CHAPTER IV Hard Times: The World of Bentham 187
14. CHAPTER V Dickens and Blake: Little Dorrit 213
15. CHAPTER VI How we must read Great Expectations 277
16. CHAPTER VII The Dickens Illustrations: Their Function 332