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Penguin Classics give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels, including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life and notes that fill in the background to the book. To Paul Dombey, business is all and money can do anything. He runs his family life as he runs his firm: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence craves affection from her unloving father, who sees her only as a 'base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's callousness extends to others - from his defiant second wife Edith to Florence's admirer Walter Gay - he sows the seeds of his own destruction. Can this heartless businessman be redeemed? A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son (1848) explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family and on society as a whole.
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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.
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Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were a Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were a Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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"Dombey and Son" (1848) may be about 800 pages long, but it is so rich with drama, suspense, bad omens, melodramas, comic relief, and captivating characters that you do not realize how long the book is. In addition, it is clear from the construction of this masterpiece that Dickens had this work well thought out from the very start. The reconciliation scene between Paul Dombey and his daughter is a scene of such rare beauty even to an English major! Along with "Bleak House" (1853) and "Hard Times" (1854), this is in my opinion a phenomenal masterpiece beyond expectations!
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This book marked the beginning of Dickens' mature style, and it holds up very well today. The dark portrait of the loveless marriage among the Dombeys is remarkably compelling. As ever, there are moments of brilliant comedy to lighten the mood, here involving the characters of Captain Cuttle (a fine, warm creation) and Babstock. A must read for Dickens fans who want to understand how his art developed.
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After tackling the subject of greed and selfishness in "Martin Chuzzlewit",Charles Dickens turned his critical eye on pride and selfishness to achieve another masterwork in "Dombey and Son"."Dombey and Son" presents a vivid "criticism of life" teeming with unforgettable characters and scenes,written with an almost surreal intensity.The novel,like most of Dickens' others,is hauntingly lyrical and is embued with a quiet melancholy."Dombey and Son" tells the story of the destructiveness of a rich merchant's deadening pride on those around him.It details his own "comeuppance",when after ruining much of the lives of those who love him,Dombey is nearly destoyed by the villains and fools surrounding him,who have used his wife-a tragic and desperate golddigger more proud than he-to strike at him."Dombey and Son" illustrates the old message that nothing but love and kindness matter,that we and everything we have will ultimately perish and pride and selfishness are the frailest goods to be bought in this vanity fair.Yet the book's many original characters gives the conception fresh life and its comedy both genial and satiric lightens the sad gloom of such a moral tale.There are(as typical of Dickens)many grotesques in the novel-some good(the affectionate and good-natured Captain Cuttle,the saucy and defensive Susan Nipper),some bad(the sour martinet Mrs. Pipchin,the apoplectic and sycophantic Major) and some just plain evil(that emblem of consummate hypocrisy-Mr. Carker)."Dombey and Son" is like a grand feast where there is so much being served,that you don't know where to begin-and this for some readers may not be a good thing.The book is very long and Dickens' long sentences dwell lovingly on every detail(you will probably never see so many semicolons on one page);they who prefer something that gets to the point quicker or someting lighter may not have the patience for Dickens.However for me this was not a problem-Dickens' use of sentimentality,though, was.It is unfortunate that he chose as with Little Nell,to "angelize" Florence Dombey.She is fatally marred by being made to not only meekly love a father who neglects and despises her but to wander forlornly around their house,kissing the furniture he has touched and spending half the book in tears.This is a shame since Florence is at times charming and some of the book's more powerful scenes make effective use of her.The character of the precocious and doomed Paul Dombey,however is of a different achievement.The chapter entitled(I think)"What the waves were always saying" details with hallucinatory intensity the world to the eyes of a dying child and was one of the most famous scenes with the Victorians;it remains one of the most powerful in all of literature."Dombey and Son" despite its length and flaws will always remain for the true lover of literature-immortal.
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Veröffentlicht am 21. April 2009 von Gerd Kucera
Truly a masterpiece!
Dombey and Son has all the best of the mature Dickens. Lively characters, an intriguing story and phrases of pouncing incisiveness. A page turner, a must read!
Veröffentlicht am 7. Januar 2009 von Kevin Kline
Useful Read for Gender Theorists
Some readers will find Dombey and Son's early nineteenth-century sensibility very charming. The novel's sentimental plot appeals to a reader's hopes for redemption or justice in... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Bag of Wind
This book was the most boring piece of crap I have ever read. Just because Dicken's wrote some good pieces does not mean all of his works belong in the Hall of Fame. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
Slow moving but still essential Dickens
Despite this novel being one of Dickens' least read and least known novels, it is definitely not a lost classic. It is typical, in a Dickensian way, but it is also very slow. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juli 1998 von christopher charal
An excellent book.
Dombey and Son focuses on the life of Florence, the unwanted
daughter of Mr. Paul Dombey. She earned the dislike of her Father by being born
a girl, rather than being the... Lesen Sie weiter...
daughter of Mr. Paul Dombey. She earned the dislike of her Father by being born
a girl, rather than being the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. November 1996 veröffentlicht
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