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Shop nowDombey and Son
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Learn morePaul Dombey is a wealthy shipping merchant and formidable patriarch who runs his family with the same cold calculation he applies to his business.
Evaluating his children's worth by what he thinks they can add to his bottom line, he dotes on the son he hopes to make his heir, while neglecting his affectionate elder daughter. But through his pride and selfishness, Dombey is sowing the seeds of his own destruction. Once his heart is broken, can it finally be redeemed?
A sensitive family drama infused with social and moral commentary, Dombey and Son combines grim psychological realism with Dickens' faith in the redemptive power of love.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature’s most iconic characters.
Frederick Davidson (1932–2005) was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performed in BBC radio plays before coming to America in 1976. The narrator of more than eight hundred audiobooks, he garnered numerous Earphones Awards and a Grammy nomination for his readings. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 1997.
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“There’s no writing against such power as this—one has no chance.”
“Frederick Davidson gives such a splendid dramatization of this family saga…it’s almost like watching theater. Davidson matches his versatile voice to each one of the principals…[and]sweeps the listener through [nearly] forty hours of sustained drama.”
“Dombey and Son, the hidden gem even Dickens fans may have missed, combines a rollicking, biting sense of humor with nuanced psychological insights…The men here are endearing…but it is the wives, sisters, mothers, and discarded mistresses who control the plot and break your heart.”
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