Dombey and Son
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Author
Contributions
- Sanders, Andrew, 1946- - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Penguin Books, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
355,197 words, Calculated
Page Count
996 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3704626M
- ISBN-100140435468
- OCLC Control Number50876879
- OCLC Control Number49906977
- OCLC Control Numberdombeyson0000dick_b1q8
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003272767
- LibraryThing2194
- Goodreads400887
Classifications
- DDC823.8
- LCCPR4559.A2 S35 2002
Description
Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional relationships with his son, his two wives, and his neglected daughter Florence, Dickens paints a vivid picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values and the drive for profit andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.
Description
The tale of a selfish, hard-hearted man, the son he favored, and the daughter he slighted, in an England almost prostrate before the storms of change we now call the Industrial Revolution.
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Genres
- Fiction.
Series Statement
- Penguin classics
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