- 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.
- Dombey and Son (1848) is a lesser-known work by Charles Dickens. The novel tells the tale of a dysfunctional family led by a heartless businessman.
- 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...
- Mr. Dombey, a wealthy London merchant, puts all his hopes in his sickly son Paul to succeed him in running the firm, and ignores his good daughter Florence.
- Little Paul could have survived without partially losing his identity in the process of conditioning him as the heir of Dombey and Son.
- I: Dombey and Son. II: In Which Timely Provision Is Made for an Emergency That Will Sometimes Arise in the Best-Regulated Families.
- Dombey and Son had often dealt in hides, but never in hearts. They left that fancy ware to boys and girls, and boarding-schools and books.
- If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Dombey and Son.
- Dombey and Son was Dickens’s seventh novel. It was first published in installments that began in 1846 and ran through 1848.
- Dombey and Son was initially published as "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation."