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New York, NY Penguin Audiobooks, 1997. Audio Cassette New: Still in Shrinkwrap. Four Audio Cassette Tapes in crystal clear plastic cases with all liner notes available and the whole housed in a black and clear plastic case. Unopened and Unused. As New: still in publishers original shrinkwrap. Read by Andrew Sachs. Abridged edition by Kati Nicholl. Language: English. Running Time: 7.75 hours. Pen 271. Weight: 9.3 ounces. Penguin Classics Series. Audio Cassette.
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About this book
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.
Summary
Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional relationships with his son, his two wives, and his neglected daughter Florence, Dickens paints a vivid picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values and the drive for profit andexplores the possibility of moral and emotional redemption through familial love.
First Edition Identification
Bradbury and Evans published a First Edition softcover collection in London, 1846. The work is a collection of the original 20 parts, bound in nineteen with the last number containing parts XIX-XX. Each part is bound in green printed wrappers, with a Dombey & Son advertiser. Bradbury and Evans published a First Edition hardcover in London, 1848. The book is bound in a green cloth over boards, the spine is lettered in gilt, and decorated by an elaborate design in blind on the covers. The pages are printed on cream endpapers with 40 illustrated plates; plate 35 is the first published example of a “dark plate”. Bookplate of the Warrington wire-manufacturer Thomas Glazebrook Rylands (1818-1900). Illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne.
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- Title Dombey and Son
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Analog Audio Cassette
- Edition abridged edition
- Volumes 4
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Audiobooks
- Date September 1, 1997
- Abridged Yes
- ISBN 9780140862706 / 0140862706
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 5.54 x 4.3 x 1.48 in (14.07 x 10.92 x 3.76 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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