Penguin Classics give you the best possible editions of Charles Dickens's novels,
including all the original illustrations, useful and informative introductions, the
definitive, accurate text as it was meant to be published, a chronology of Dickens's life
and notes that fill in the background to the book.
To Paul Dombey, business is all and money can do anything. He runs his family life as
he runs his firm: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is
his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence craves affection from her unloving
father, who sees her only as a 'base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's
callousness extends to others - from his defiant second wife Edith to Florence's admirer
Walter Gay - he sows the seeds of his own destruction. Can this heartless businessman be
redeemed? A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son
(1848) explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional
family and on society as a whole.
This volume uses the text of Dickens's first edition of 1848.
With an introduction, suggestions for further reading, Dickens chronology, full
explanatory notes, original illustrations by 'Phiz', appendices on illustrations and
serialization
Edited by Andrew Sanders
