Dombey and Son (in Two Volumes)
by Charles Dickens
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Orange Park, Florida, United States
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Synopsis
Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall showcases the author’s gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. It follows the narrative of a shipping firm owner, who abandoned his family in favor of fortune after rejecting his daughter’s love in preference of a son. He later reconciles with her and begs forgiveness before his death. Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. It was first published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848 with the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation . Dickens started writing the book in Lausanne, Switzerland, but traveled extensively during the course of its writing, returning to England to begin another work before completing Dombey and Son.
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- Bookseller
- Odysseus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3850
- Title
- Dombey and Son (in Two Volumes)
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Illustrator
- H. K. Browne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Fields, Osgood and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1869
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collectible, 1st edition, 19th-century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; 18th- and 19th-Century Books; First Printings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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