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Dombey and Son (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) by Nancy Holder, Charles Dickens, Ian Perkin, A. Willis, Forster, John, Jason Lee is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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 andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love. Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. A rich and pompous merchant is plagued by loneliness and misfortune

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Nancy Holder, Charles Dickens, Ian Perkin, A. Willis, Forster, John, Jason Lee
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Limited
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9781853262579
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating
3.9 / 5 (79 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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