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  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141974057
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1072
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Dombey and Son





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'The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light'

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.

  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141974057
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1072
Categories:

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