Dombey and Son

''The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light''

Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens'' novel. Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously, coldly and commercially. Through his dysfunctional r...