by Charles Dickens · Oxford Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192815651
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«Dombey and Son» is the novel by Charles Dickens, published by Oxford Paperbacks in paperback (782 pages, in English).
The story begins with the birth of the longed-for heir of Paul Dombey, a shipping merchant obsessed with his firm. Pride and ambition mark his relationship with his family, especially with his daughter Florence, whom he ignores. Dickens offers a critique of family relations and the value of money in Victorian England.
Edition from the World's Classics series, with introduction and notes by Alan Horsman and illustrations by Phiz. The work was originally published in 1848.
Aimed at readers of Victorian fiction and classics of English literature.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
