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Dombey and Son

Author
Charles Dickens
Series
Victorian Epic
Language
English
Length
866 pages
ISBN
9781787246126
Published
4 July 2018
Imprint
Adelphi Press
  • David Copperfield
  • Charles Dickens
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  • marriage
  • women
  • social justice
  • inequality
  • social novel
  • family
  • human nature

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Dombey and Son follows life of Paul Dombey, a wealthy owner of a shipping company. Paul's dream is to have a son to continue his business. His wife dies in childbirth and Paul ends up with a daughter instead of the desired son. The book elaborates on a number of socially significant themes. In particular the book deals with the then-prevalent common practice of arranged marriages for financial gain. Other themes to be detected within this work include social inequality, familial relationships, and as ever in Dickens, betrayal and deceit and the consequences thereof.

Author

Charles Dickens is widely considered to be one of the most influential authors of the 19th century. His works, which are frequently used to analyze Victorian literature and culture, exemplify a unique narrative style that provides an in-depth exploration of characters and their relationships with their respective social milieu. His use of realism, satire, and dark humor has been credited as a major influence on many modern authors.

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