• Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps...
  • 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.
  • Dombey and Son study guide contains a biography of Charles Dickens, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full...
  • The persuasive conditioning of Little Paul and the slight sustenance of his natural genetic traits and contemplative abilities contrary to the qualities of Mr. Dombey is...
  • Dombey, exulting in the long-looked-for event, jingled and jingled the heavy gold watch-chain that depended from below his trim blue coat...
  • Dombey then submits his son to the dubious care of his stupid sister Mrs Chick and her friend Miss Tox.
  • Edith, the second Mrs. Dombey, was bound for adultery and death, but Dickens spared her character at the urgings of his friend Lord Jeffrey.
  • In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home-Department.
  • Little Dombey receives an intense education in Brighton at Dr. and Mrs. Blimber’s school.
  • Eventually Dombey remarries, after literally acquiring his new wife from her father in a commercial transaction.