Dombey and Son (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Parents and children, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Class consciousness, England or English people, Honesty, Fathers, Death or dying, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Corruption, Wealth, Merchants
- Locales: London, England, Brighton, England
Characters Discussed
Paul Dombey, a London merchant, referred to as Mr. Dombey throughout the novel. Twenty successful years in the firm of Dombey and Son have brought wealth to the stern and pompous Mr. Dombey. Ten years of marriage finally bring a son and happiness (despite his wife’s death) to the unemotional, dignified, glossy businessman, for the son will occupy his rightful place in the firm. Jealous and possessive, Mr. Dombey resents his son’s affection for Florence, the older Dombey daughter. Later he sends Walter Gay, a young clerk attentive to the daughter, on an...
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Charles Dickens (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Charles Dickens (Censorship)Charles Dickens (Dictionary of World Biography)Charles Dickens (Short Fiction)Charles Dickens (Long Fiction)Charles Dickens (Mystery and Detective Fiction)
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