Dombey and Son (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Dombey, Paul, Florence, Edith Granger, Mr. Carker, Walter Gay
- 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
The Story:
Mr. Dombey was a stiff, dignified man who rarely showed emotion, but the birth of an infant son, who was named Paul, was cause for rejoicing. Mr. Dombey had longed many years for a child who would become the Son of his mercantile firm of Dombey and Son. The fact that Mrs. Dombey died shortly after the boy’s birth did not particularly concern him; his attention centered entirely on the little infant. Mr. Dombey also had a daughter, Florence, but she meant nothing to him, for she could not take a place in the firm.
Little Paul was first given over to a wet...
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