{"product_id":"9781853262579","title":"Dombey and Son","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dickens, Charles, Smith, Karl Ashley, Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz), Carabine, Dr. Keith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 5 July 1995 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 848 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 45 | 534g\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Karl Ashley Smith, University of St Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. 'Girls' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. It is to be a very different type of story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDombey and Son moved grown men to tears (Thackeray despaired of 'writing against such power as this'), but its rich, comic characters and their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally unerring magic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dickens, Charles, Smith, Karl Ashley, Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz), Carabine, Dr. Keith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465877524664,"sku":"9781853262579","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781853262579.jpg?v=1734728051","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781853262579","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}