Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Sherwood Smith - GoodreadsReading Dickens always reminds me that there was no such thing as an editor as we understand the function of an editor now. Dickens did carefully plot out his books — we have the evidence not only in ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Marcia Lonteen-Martin - GoodreadsBeginning a Dickens novel is always extraordinary. The home of Paul Dombey, Sr is seen in the midst of his wife's childbirth of their second child. At last, Dombey has his son and can begin planning ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsDombey 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 ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Karen Meyers - GoodreadsDang, this is a long one. I do like long reads, and I do like Dickens, but this one felt as long as its 900+ pages. My favorite things in Dickens books tend to be the funny, eccentric more minor ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - David Edmonds - GoodreadsSentimental and laboured ... although Captain Cuttle has a nice nautical turn of phrase "There ain't no bis'ness done, you see. He don't know anything about it—the Cap'en don't. There was a man come ... Read full review
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User Review - Judy - GoodreadsAt 945 pages, 'Dombey and Son' is one of the longest books I've read for some time and it's really taken me quite a while to complete it. That's not to say that it was tedious though - far from it ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Alan Oathout - GoodreadsI've read most of Dicken's novels. In comparison, I can see why this is not one of his most famous, but there were still plenty of great Dicken's moments. This was written following "A Christmas Carol ... Read full review
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User Review - Doug Nagel - GoodreadsOne of the best literary explorations of stubborn, arrogant pride and its devastating consequences to its possessor and those in his orbit. This is classic Dickens and one of the best I have read. I ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Tessa - GoodreadsI read this recently and thoroughly enjoyed it but would agree it was not his best book. Read full review
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User Review - Susan - GoodreadsRecently listened to this book again. Found the reading a bit overdone (the second reader I tried and this can be a problem consistently with Dickens audiobooks). But I love Dickens. This, while not ... Read full review
