Dombey and Son, Том 1University Society, 1847 - Всего страниц: 903 Paul Dombey is a cold, unbending, pompous merchant, and a widower with two children - Paul and Florence. His chief ambition is to perpetuate the firm-name. He dreams of passing his business on to his son. Dombey dotes on his son, and neglects and mistreats his daughter.The "son" in the title of the book is incapable of ever joining the firm. A sickly and odd child, Paul dies at the age of six. Dombey pours his resentment and anger out on his daughter, whom he pushes away despite her efforts to earn her father's love.Eventually Dombey remarries, after literally acquiring his new wife from her father in a commercial transaction. Dombey is as bad a husband as he is a father and his marriage is loveless. His new bride hates Dombey and eventually runs off with Canker, his business manager. Dombey characteristically blames Florence for this reversal, and strikes her, causing Florence to run away as well.Abandoned by everyone, Dombey loses his business and goes half insane, living in his decaying house. Dombey is eventually reconciled to his daughter, who always a doormat forgives her father........ |
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... the place of writing is so curiously strong in my mind , that at this day , although I know , in my fancy , every stair in the little midshipman's house , and could swear to every pew in the church in which Florence was married PREFACE. ...
... the place of writing is so curiously strong in my mind , that at this day , although I know , in my fancy , every stair in the little midshipman's house , and could swear to every pew in the church in which Florence was married PREFACE. ...
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... mind , she sat down by the bedside , and said in the low precise tone of one who endeavours to awaken a sleeper : " Fanny ! Fanny ! " There was no sound in answer but the loud ticking of Mr. Dombey's watch and Doctor Parker Peps's watch ...
... mind , she sat down by the bedside , and said in the low precise tone of one who endeavours to awaken a sleeper : " Fanny ! Fanny ! " There was no sound in answer but the loud ticking of Mr. Dombey's watch and Doctor Parker Peps's watch ...
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... mind , he re- garded the woman's station as rather an advantageous circumstance than otherwise , by placing , in itself , a broad distance between her and the child , and rendering their separation easy and natural . Meanwhile terms ...
... mind , he re- garded the woman's station as rather an advantageous circumstance than otherwise , by placing , in itself , a broad distance between her and the child , and rendering their separation easy and natural . Meanwhile terms ...
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... mind or think about the wounding of ; that Polly's heart was sore when she was left alone again . In the simple passage that had taken place between herself and the motherless little girl , her own motherly heart had been touched no ...
... mind or think about the wounding of ; that Polly's heart was sore when she was left alone again . In the simple passage that had taken place between herself and the motherless little girl , her own motherly heart had been touched no ...
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... mind free from such imperfect shapes of the meaning with which they were fraught , as were able to make themselves visible to him through the mist of his pride , his previous feelings of indifference towards little Florence changed into ...
... mind free from such imperfect shapes of the meaning with which they were fraught , as were able to make themselves visible to him through the mist of his pride , his previous feelings of indifference towards little Florence changed into ...
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