Dombey and Son
$25.23
- Paperback
1040 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2002
Summary
Dombey and Son: A House Divided by Commerce
Dombey and Son, a name that signifies both a powerful firm and a fractured family. This edition returns to the original text of 1848, revealing the ambiguous connection between public ambition and private suffering at the heart of Dickens’s masterpiece.
Paul Dombey, a man who governs his home with the same cold, calculating detachment he applies to his business. Through his turbulent relationships with his son, his two wives, and h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435467 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140435468 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Andrew Sanders |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1040 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 703g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 43mm |
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“There’s no writing against such power as this-one has no chance.”-William Makepeace Thackeray
“There’s no writing against such power as this—one has no chance.”—William Makepeace Thackeray
About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist before establishing his reputation as a novelist with PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
Andrew Sanders is Professor of English at the University of Durham. He has edited several Dickens novels and is the author of Charles Dickens- Resurrectionist (1982) and The Short Oxford History of English Literature (2000).
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