A review by ipb1
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

5.0

Third-time around I've decided that this is my favourite Dickens*. The last time I read this I was studying it under the great [a:John Carey|40229|John Carey|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] (whose [b:The Violent Effigy: A Study Of Dickens' Imagination|290218|The Violent Effigy A Study Of Dickens' Imagination|John Carey|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1367755603l/290218._SY75_.jpg|281569] is itself a classic) and I was amazed at how many lines and scenes came instantly and vividly back to mind a couple of decades on. Ah - now I'm nostalgic to see the 1980's BBC adaptation again, with the magnificently wooden Paul Darrow as Carker...

*subject to change, depending upon which one I have re-read most recently.