Dombey and son

The Resource Dombey and son
Label
Dombey and son
Statement of responsibility
Charles Dickens; Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne; Series edited by Keith Carabine; Introduction and notes by Karl Ashley Smith
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Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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.
Cataloging source
UK-WkNB
Dewey number
AF
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
novels
Series statement
Wordsworth classics
Summary expansion
With an Introduction and Notes by Karl Ashley Smith, University of St Andrews. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). 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. 'Girls' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son'. When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. It is to be a very different type of story. Dombey and Son moved grown men to tears (Thackeray despaired of 'writing against such power as this'), but its rich, comic characters and their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally unerring magic
Target audience
general
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