Dombey And Son
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of Victorian England's bustling commercial world stands Paul Dombey — a cold, imperious merchant whose obsessive pride in his firm blinds him to the warmth of genuine human connection. Dombey and Son chronicles the fortunes of this proud patriarch as he pins all his dynastic ambitions on his fragile young son, Paul, while callously neglecting his devoted daughter Florence — a child whose quiet resilience and capacity for love stand in devastating contrast to her father's rigid arrogance. Published in monthly instalments between 1846 and 1848, the novel unfolds against a backdrop of rapid industrialisation, capturing the transformative roar of the railways and the shifting tides of commerce that were remaking Britain from the ground up. The result is a richly populated social panorama, teeming with Dickens's signature cast of eccentrics, innocents, and villains. Thematically, the novel argues that wealth and status are hollow currencies when measured against love and human dignity — a moral reckoning Dickens illustrates with both savage irony and genuine pathos. His prose moves with equal command between biting social satire and deeply felt emotional tenderness, pulling the reader through drawing rooms, counting houses, and windswept coastlines with breathless momentum. As one of Dickens's most ambitious works, it marks a turning point in his career toward the darker, more psychologically complex novels that would follow. Whether Dombey will find redemption before pride destroys everything he holds dear is a question that haunts every page.
Author: Charles Dickens
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the heart of Victorian England's bustling commercial world stands Paul Dombey — a cold, imperious merchant whose obsessive pride in his firm blinds him to the warmth of genuine human connection. Dombey and Son chronicles the fortunes of this proud patriarch as he pins all his dynastic ambitions on his fragile young son, Paul, while callously neglecting his devoted daughter Florence — a child whose quiet resilience and capacity for love stand in devastating contrast to her father's rigid arrogance. Published in monthly instalments between 1846 and 1848, the novel unfolds against a backdrop of rapid industrialisation, capturing the transformative roar of the railways and the shifting tides of commerce that were remaking Britain from the ground up. The result is a richly populated social panorama, teeming with Dickens's signature cast of eccentrics, innocents, and villains. Thematically, the novel argues that wealth and status are hollow currencies when measured against love and human dignity — a moral reckoning Dickens illustrates with both savage irony and genuine pathos. His prose moves with equal command between biting social satire and deeply felt emotional tenderness, pulling the reader through drawing rooms, counting houses, and windswept coastlines with breathless momentum. As one of Dickens's most ambitious works, it marks a turning point in his career toward the darker, more psychologically complex novels that would follow. Whether Dombey will find redemption before pride destroys everything he holds dear is a question that haunts every page.