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| ISBN: | 0812967437 (ISBN13: 9780812967432) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mr. Dombey, Paul Dombey, Florence Dombey, Miss Tox |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Classic (2013) |
Charles Dickens
Paperback | Pages: 880 pages Rating: 3.93 | 13476 Users | 670 Reviews
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Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author’s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens’s “genius . . . is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he’s planned to give, and then more.” This Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1867 “Charles Dickens” edition.
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| Title | : | Dombey and Son |
| Author | : | Charles Dickens |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 880 pages |
| Published | : | 2003 by Modern Library (first published 1848) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature. 19th Century. Historical. Victorian. European Literature. British Literature. Audiobook |
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Ratings: 3.93 From 13476 Users | 670 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books Dombey and Son
HilaryThanks. I fell in love with Dickens in grade 10 when we read TTC in English class. I married him (in a Pickwickian sense ;-) ) when I first readRevisit is via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyrM...(view spoiler)[ Bettie's Books (hide spoiler)]
This book reminds me of a daytime soap opera. People arrive on the scene, die unexpectedly and dramatically disappear only to make an even more dramatic timely re-entrance. Dramatic co-incidences abound and are essential to the plot. Maybe this is as a direct result of its original serialisation by Dickens?Overall, its a fun read. I found it easier to listen to on audio (due to Dickens long sentences) and the narrator (David Timson) was so good that I recognised voices of returning characters
While at times a bit over-written and somewhat repetitive, Dombey & Son does sparkle with some of Dickens trademark clever character descriptions, sly humor woven into descriptions of people and their actions, evocative pictures of London and the surrounding area, and harrowing views of lives lived in Victorian England. to be continued...
Dombey and Son is one of Dickens' best! This novel, in my opinion, rivals Little Dorrit. The main protagonist, Florence Dombey is an amazing woman, full of strength and character which guides her through some incredibly miserable years. Some of the characters that Dickens develops during the course of this novel are some of the most heinously evil or sad, or full of goodness and love, or are just plain funny. There's a powerful message about the influence of "wealth", not just money, on the
Some consider "Dombey and Son" the first of Dickens's later novels. It is a beautifully written, monumental work that this reader thoroughly enjoyed. Here, the underlying theme is pride and its terrible collateral effect on a family. To explore this, Dickens created one intensely dysfunctional family, the Dombeys. As usual, there is a large cast of eccentric characters which surround the central characters. And, while Mr. Dickens certainly knows how to tug on a heart-string, there are also some
Great review, thanks Peter. I like the way you put this novel in the context of his whole oeuvre.
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