· Dickens, Charles, Title: Dombey and Son Credits: Updated: Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Dysfunctional families -- Fiction Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Subject: Businesspeople -- Fiction SubjectAuthor: Dickens, Charles, · Dombey and Son had often dealt in hides, but never in hearts. They left that fancy ware to boys and girls, and boarding-schools and books. Mr. Dombey would have reasoned: That a matrimonial alliance with himself must, in the nature of things, be gratifying and honourable to any woman of common sense. That the hope of giving birth to a new partner in such a house, could not fail to ISBN Dombey and Son is a novel about pride and ambition. Paul Dombey, proud, wealthy, arrogant and frigid, is a man to whom the idea of "Dombey and Son" is paramount. There has always been a "Dombey and Son"; there will always be a "Dombey and Son". It is his whole world, his reason for being. Everything in his life is focused and directed towards this/5().
Dombey and Son study guide contains a biography of Charles Dickens, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Dombey and Son () is a lesser-known work by Charles Dickens. The novel tells the tale of a dysfunctional family led by a heartless businessman. The businessman hopes his son, Paul, will take over his business empire. He ignores his daughter, Florence. The work was a serial novel published each month from October until April 'Dombey and Son,' interrupted Paul, who had been tutored early in the phrase. 'Dombey and Son,' repeated his father. 'Would you like to begin to be Dombey and Son, now, and lend this money to young Gay's Uncle?' 'Oh! if you please, Papa!' said Paul: 'and so would Florence.' 'Girls,' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son.
Dombey and Son is a novel about pride and ambition. Paul Dombey, proud, wealthy, arrogant and frigid, is a man to whom the idea of "Dombey and Son" is paramount. There has always been a "Dombey and Son"; there will always be a "Dombey and Son". It is his whole world, his reason for being. Everything in his life is focused and directed towards this. T hough the offices of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, and within hearing of Bow Bells, when their clashing voices were not drowned by the uproar in the streets, yet were there hints of adventurous and romantic story to be observed in some of the adjacent objects. Gog and Magog held their state within ten minutes’ walk; the Royal Exchange was close at hand; the Bank of England, with its vaults of gold and silver “down among the dead men” underground, was. Mr. Dombey is a stiff, dignified man who rarely shows emotion, but the birth of his infant son, who is named Paul, is cause for rejoicing. Mr. Dombey longed many years for a child who would become the Son of his mercantile firm of Dombey and Son.
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