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Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens
Book Overview:
Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments under the title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation.
The story centers around Paul Dombey, the stern owner of the Firm. He is totally immersed in having his newly born son continue the business, and entirely neglects his daughter Florence. Tragedy occurs, and Florence’s plight worsens. As the years go by, Mr. Dombey sees to it that the man she loves, his employee, is sent far away. Mr Dombey remarries, but his marriage is eventually destroyed, his fortune gone, he becomes destitute. Finally he accepts help from his daughter, and life changes for him. Many wonderful characters interweave the tale, as in all Dickens literary masterpieces.
Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments under the title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation.
The story centers around Paul Dombey, the stern owner of the Firm. He is totally immersed in having his newly born son continue the business, and entirely neglects his daughter Florence. Tragedy occurs, and Florence’s plight worsens. As the years go by, Mr. Dombey sees to it that the man she loves, his employee, is sent far away. Mr Dombey remarries, but his marriage is eventually destroyed, his fortune gone, he becomes destitute. Finally he accepts help from his daughter, and life changes for him. Many wonderful characters interweave the tale, as in all Dickens literary masterpieces.
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It must have been a harder heart than Susan Nipper's that could have rejected the little purse Florence held out with these words, or the gentle look of entreaty with which she seconded her petition. Susan put the purse in her pocket without reply, and trotted out at once upon her errand.
The books were not easy to procure; and the answer at several shops was, either that they were just out of them, or that they never kept them, or that they had had a great many last month, or that they expected a great many next week But Susan was not easily baffled in such an enterprise; and having entrapped a white-haired youth, in a black calico apron, from a library where she was known, to accompany her in her quest, she led him such a life in going up and down, that he exerted himself to the utmost, if it were only to get rid of her; and finally enabled her to return home in triumph.
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“Her father did not know – she held to it from that time – how much she loved him”
There really can be no other suitable word. DOMBEY AND SON is, in many respects, a stereotypical Dickensian tale. It’s dense, it’s long, it’s hilarious, it’s heartwarming, it’s heartbreaking, it’s shocking, it’s c
The uber-proud and arrogant Dombey; the scheming Carker, poor Florence, the proud Edith, Cap'n Cuttle and more; what I found was character and coincidence overload in this study of family relationships, child cruelty, arranged marriages and other areas impacted by the Industrial Revolution. It also
May, 2021: I have now finished reading Dombey and Son for the second time, this time with a Goodreads group, Dickensians. It was a wonderful experience that heightened my enjoyment of the book and resulted in my raising my rating from 4* to 5*.
The group reads Dickens’ novels at a slow rate of a cha
Note, Oct. 13, 2022: I've just edited this review to correct a misspelled word.
I've now read this wonderful novel twice, the first time being some 50 years ago, give or take. But my appreciation of it really benefited from my taking part in a (still ongoing --I finished ahead of schedule) group read
Dombey and Son is a novel about pride and ambition. Paul Dombey, proud, wealthy, arrogant and frigid, is a man to whom the idea of "Dombey and Son" is paramount. There has always been a "Dombey and Son"; there will always be a "Dombey and Son". It is his whole world, his reason for being. Everything
I find it hard to describe my love of this book. This is my fourth or fifth reading and I absolutely loved it - it's incredibly powerful, such a compelling and interesting story, with such brilliant explorations of grief, love, family, gender and Victorian marriage. It's a very underrated Dickens an