Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens

Sep 2018 · Oregan Publishing · Narrated by Sinead Dixon

About this audiobook

Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens's story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author's gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens's "genius . . . is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he's planned to give, and then more

Ratings and reviews

Sinead Dixon, the reader of Dombey and Son, performed wonderfully. Her voice was clear and concise, with each character having his or her own voice. How she managed her voice control was phenomenal, as was her ability to anticipate the next character's lines and to switch character. I was amazed by the intricate web of personalities that were interwoven together within the story. Charles Dickens was brilliant, both in his use of the language and his visions.

Great story and characters are brought to life by the narrator. Sad I have reached the end.

engrossing, dialogue, story, reading.