Dickens, Charles

New York. 1964. Signet/New American Library. Reprinted Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Wrappers. 0451511808. Afterword by Alan Pryce-Jones. 918 pages. paperback. CE1180. Cover: Lambert. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Dombey and Son marks the great turning point of Dickens' artistic career. In it, he departs forever from the picaresque world of his earlier novels, in which only individual villainy had marred the landscape of life; for the first time he envisions evil as inherent in the very structure of his society, and gives unified form to this vision in all its scope, depth, and complexity. Set in an England caught in the throes of industrial revolution and commercial expansion, this tale of a proud, ambitious, and morally blind businessman, and of his pernicious effect upon the multitude of lives around him, stands as a memorable indictment of a corrosive economic system, and as a profound plea for human values. Written with immense vitality, abounding in characters of extraordinary vividness, and superb in total design, Dombey and Son is, as Edgar Johnson has written, 'one of Dickens' greatest books' - 'the first great masterpiece of Dickens' maturity.' Alan Pryce - Jones declares: 'In a word, the book is carried through by its gusto. We do not have to suspend disbelief. Dickens has the air, the panache, to make us believe . . ' inventory #38671 ISBN: 0451511808.