Dombey and son

Author(s)

• Dickens, Charles
• Fairclough, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Dombey and son

Charles Dickens ; edited by Peter Fairclough ; with an introduction by Raymond Williams ; and original illustrations by Hablot K. Browne('Phiz')

（Penguin English library）

Penguin, 1970

Note

Bibliography: p. 37

Description and Table of Contents

Description

To Paul Dombey, business is everything and money can do anything. He runs his family life as he runs his firm: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence craves affection from her unloving father, who sees her only as a base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's callousness extends to others - from his defiant second wife Edith to Florence's admirer Walter Gay - he sows the seeds for his own destruction. Can this heartless businessman be redeemed? A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, "Dombey and Son" (1848) explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family and on society as a whole.

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Details

• NCID: BA10931355
• ISBN:
  • 0140430482
• LCCN: 76519213
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: [1], 992 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ3.D55
  • LCC : PR4559
  • DC : 823/.8
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00304654