Dombey and Son (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
*London. The British capital portrayed in this novel is a curiously fragmented city. One part barely seems to connect to another. The isolating effect of money is its theme, and the geography bears this out. Many houses are described, however, each one symbolic of its occupants. The novel is dotted with a vast array of houses in and around London, of all social classes. Many, like Mrs. MacStinger’s house near the India Docks represent entrapment, both relationally and economically. Others suggest the pretence of shabby gentility, such as Miss Tox’s house...
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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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