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Dombey and Son (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dombey and Son (Oxford World's Classics) about?
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 andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.
Who reads Dombey and Son (Oxford World's Classics)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192839909
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (55 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Dombey And Sons (2010)
- Dombey And Son (1964)
- Dombey and Son (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) (2002)
- Dombey and Son (The World's Classics) (1982)
- Dombey and Son (1907)
- Dombey and Son (2008)
- Dombey and Son (Oxford World's Classics) (1999)
- Dombey and Son (2015)
- Dombey and Son (Everyman's Library) (1994)
- Dombey and Son (Penguin Classics) (2002)
- Dombey and Son (Penguin English Library) (1970)
- Dombey and Son (1848)
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