Dombey ja Poika 1 by Charles Dickens

"Dombey ja Poika 1" by Charles Dickens is a novel first published in monthly parts between 1846 and 1848. Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping company owner, obsesses over having a son to inherit his business while coldly rejecting his daughter Florence's love. When his frail son dies young, Dombey enters a loveless marriage with the proud Edith Granger. As betrayal and manipulation unfold through his calculating manager Mr. Carker, the family splinters apart, leaving Florence desperately seeking the affection her father refuses to give. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Translator Tuomikoski, Aino, 1889-1958
Title Dombey ja Poika 1
Original Publication Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1925.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombey_and_Son Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombey_ja_poika
Note Translation of first part of Dombey and Son.
Credits Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 39.1 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Subject Businesspeople -- Fiction
Subject Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 74248
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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