{"product_id":"2026200013309-secondhand-dombey-and-son","title":"Dombey And Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew Victorian novels dissect the corrosive power of pride and commerce with the surgical precision of Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son. The story centres on Paul Dombey Sr., the cold and imperious head of a prosperous London shipping firm, whose singular obsession is to produce a male heir to carry on the Dombey name — a dream that blinds him to the love of his devoted daughter Florence and ultimately sows the seeds of his own ruin. Set against the bustling, smoke-filled backdrop of mid-19th-century London, this sprawling novel chronicles the collision between human warmth and the dehumanising forces of wealth and ambition.\n\nDickens writes with his characteristic blend of biting social satire and profound emotional depth, peopling the narrative with an unforgettable cast of eccentrics, victims, and survivors that illuminate the rigid class structures of the Victorian era. With an introduction by G.K. Chesterton — himself a towering literary intellect — this Everyman's Library edition positions the novel firmly within the canon of essential English literature. The question that haunts every chapter is whether love, long suppressed and repeatedly wounded, can ultimately outlast the cold machinery of pride.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203321766107,"sku":"2026200013309-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/92594e03-046e-48a0-9194-4f92d3b38a3b.png?v=1788147824","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013309-secondhand-dombey-and-son","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}