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Dombey and Son

by Charles Dickens

First published 1800

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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.

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 680 pages

Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages
680
ISBN
978-1-59007-582-1 +9
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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages
680
ISBNs
  • 978-1-59007-582-1
  • 978-1-7215-5157-6
  • 978-1-9746-2711-0
  • 978-0-486-82650-9
  • 978-0-09-954082-3
  • 978-1-85715-167-1
  • 978-0-09-953356-6
  • 978-1-5481-0843-4
  • 979-8-6508-7449-2
  • 978-1-4708-4774-6
Author
Dickens, Charles
Statement
Dombey and Son / Charles Dickens.
Records
Open Library

Subjects

  • Businesspeople
  • Family-owned business enterprises
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Problem families
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Families
  • Social conditions
  • Families-owned business enterprises
  • Family
  • Classic Literature
  • England