Charles Dickens · 1848
A proud merchant, his neglected daughter Florence and his frail son Paul. Read Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens page by page and explore its network of 1,296…
Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to toast him brown while he was very new.
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