Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Paul Dombey is an ambitious London merchant. He pins all his hopes for the future of his shipping firm on his fragile son whilst his daughter, Florence, goes unnoticed and neglected. It is only when the firm faces ruin, and Dombey is staring at a life of desolate solitude that Florence may finally be valued. Can this heartless businessman be redeemed? Dombey and Son is a delicious and lively satire about pride and its downfall.
"Dickens's most mature meditation on the ethics of capitalism is haunted by ambivalent images of railroads, progress and death" * Guardian *
"Dickens' sentences, his bold, sentimental outcries addressed to the reader and his marvelously imagistic descriptions, are a part of the magical world that assaults and seduces any reader" * Chicago Tribune *
"A thoroughly gripping affair..Guaranteed laughs, guaranteed tears" * Daily Mail *
"'There's no writing against such power as this-one has no chance'" -- William Makepeace Thackeray
"Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens" -- The Times
"Dickens' sentences, his bold, sentimental outcries addressed to the reader and his marvelously imagistic descriptions, are a part of the magical world that assaults and seduces any reader" * Chicago Tribune *
"A thoroughly gripping affair..Guaranteed laughs, guaranteed tears" * Daily Mail *
"'There's no writing against such power as this-one has no chance'" -- William Makepeace Thackeray
"Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens" -- The Times
Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 in Landport in Portsmouth. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office who often ended up in financial trouble. When Dickens was twelve years' old he was sent to work in a shoe polish factory because his father had been imprisoned for debt.In 1833 he began to publish short stories and essays in newspapers and magazines. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836, the same year that he married Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and Dickens became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. He also set up and edited the journals Household Words (1850-9) and All the Year Round (1859-70). Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870 leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099540823 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099540827 |
| Title | Dombey and Son |
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 976 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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