Dombey and Son (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

Charles Dickens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812967437 ISBN 13: 9780812967432

Publisher: Modern Library Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Its paperback series feature treasured classics, major translations of great works, and rediscoveries of keen literary and historical merit. Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader. Dombey and Son, 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. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens s genius . . . is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he s planned to give, and then more. This Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1867 Charles Dickens edition

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Review:

"There's no writing against such power as this--one has no chance." --William Makepeace Thackeray

Book Description:

A proud businessman is at the heart of this satire - Dombey and Son is funny, highly relevant and hugely enjoyable.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0812967437
• ISBN 13: 9780812967432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 912