A Radio 4 dramatization of Dickens's novel set against the bustle of a mighty city. Humbled and alone, his trading empire in ruins, the cold and uncaring Dombey seems doomed. But the love of his daughter brings redemption and understanding to a man whose only reason for living was Dombey and Son.
He was a vicar to die for - and he did! Agatha is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet . . . along with every other female in the village. She is positively ecstatic when he invites her to dine with him but the next day Agatha is left with a hangover from hell - and his cold...