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Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son by Dickens, Charles

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Dombey and Son
Author
Dickens, Charles
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue, with all but 5 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt (binding unsigned, but seems to be Bayntun). Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Bound without half title else complete, with vignette title, eight-line errata, and all 40 engraved plates (including the first example of a "dark plate" facing page 547). A handsome copy in a lovely binding. Housed in a custom slipcase. Dombey and Son tackles a number of key themes that appear throughout Dickens' authorial career-concerns about family duty, class position, child welfare, and the dangers of arranged marriages in particular. As the titular Dombey builds his shipping company, he fantasizes that his son will someday take over the business and continue his legacy. But England is changing rapidly due to the effects of industrialization, and its effects ripple throughout Victorian culture. One symbol of industrialization's promise (and its perils) is the railroad. In chapter six, Dickens calls the railroad's impact a "great earthquake." Dombey and Son grapples with the effects of industrialization, and the railroad is one of the novel's symbols for this momentous era. Smith 8. Fine.

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