DOMBEY AND SON; FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1871 NICE LOOKING BROWN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT. GOLD PRINT SPINE. SMALL BOOKSTORE LABEL IN FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NICE LOOKING ARTWORK. FOR THE LOVER OF DICKENS. 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; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death. The story features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes. The novel was first published in monthly parts between 1846 and 1848, with illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world'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. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.