by Paul Scofield, Charles Dickens
Cross-Posted on The Moonlight Reader. So, I am almost at the mid-point of my Classics Club challenge, so I’ve been going back over and seeing where I still needed to put up posts about books I’ve read. I read this book a long time ago (like, sometime in 2012, if I recall correctly. If not, in 2013...
bookshelves: winter-20142015, published-1848, victorian, tbr-busting-2014, fraudio, dickensphenalia Read from July 27, 2013 to December 12, 2014 Read here Read by Frederick DavidsonDescription from wiki: The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book's t...
My copy:Dombey and Son doesn't have notes at the end of the book, which I've found useful and interesting bonus material in Penguin Classic books. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation published in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one...
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I have to admit that I really don’t think that I’m a fan of Dickens. The way his novels are is just way too annoying for me. I could probably put up with it and loved it as periodicals but as a BIG chunky novel – No, thanks!Right from the very beginning when Dickens unveiled the very ignominious c...
I find Dombey and Son among my favorites. It’s a surprisingly mature novel, considering it’s one of his early works of fiction, even though it does have its problems in terms of the plot and characterization. But I do love the imagery Dickens evokes, such as the scene where a young Florence is found...
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