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Dombey and Son (Penguin Classics) Book

Through Paul Dombey's - a businessman - dysfunctional relationships with his son, his two wives, and his neglected daughter Florence, this title presents a picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values and the drive for profit. It explores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.Read More

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  • Foyles

    'There's no writing against such power as this - one has no chance' William Makepeace ThackerayA compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family. Paul Dombey runs his household as he runs his business: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence is merely a 'base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's callousness extends to others, including his defiant second wife Edith, he sows the seeds of his own destruction.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Andrew Sanders

  • TheBookPeople

    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 and explores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.

  • Penguin

    Penguin Classics give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book.

  • Waterstones

    To Paul Dombey, business is all 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 fr

  • Pickabook

    Charles Dickens, Andrew Sanders (Editor)

  • 0140435468
  • 9780140435467
  • Charles Dickens
  • 27 April 2006
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 1040
  • New Ed
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