Basic facts about the author chronological biography of the author the complete works of the author

ENTRY 3. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THE AUTHOR

Years	Full title of the work	Type of work
1836	Sketches by Boz	Short story collection
1837	The Pickwick Papers	Novel
1838	The Adventures of Oliver Twist	Novel
1839	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby	Novel
1841	The Old Curiosity Shop	Novel
1841	Master Humphrey’s clock Volume 2	Short story collection
1841	Barnaby Rudge	Historical novel
1841	Master Humphrey’s Clock	Novel
1843	A Christmas Carol	Novella (short novel)
1844	The Chimes	Novella
1844	The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit	Picaresque novel
1845	The Cricket on the Hearth	Novella
1846	The Battle of Life: A Love Story	Novel
1848	The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain	Novella
1848	Dombey and Son	Novel
1850	David Copperfield	Novel
1852	To Be Read at Dusk	Short story collection
1853	Bleak House	Novel (autobiography)
1854	A Child’s History of England	Novel
1854	Hard Times	Novel
1955	Little Dorrit	Novel
1857	The Hanged Man’s Bride	Novel
1858	The Poor Traveller / Boots at the Holly-tree Inn	Short story collection
1859	A Tale of Two Cities	Historical novel
1861	Great Expectations	Novel
1861	Reprinted Pieces	Short story collection
1865	Our Mutual Friend	Novel
1867	No Thoroughfare (with: Wilkie Collins)	Novel
1870	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Novel
1880	Mudfog and other papers contributed to Bentley's miscellany	Short story collection
1884	The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories	Short story collection

ENTRY 4. KEY FACTS OF THE WORK

Full title	Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation
Author	Charles Dickens
Type of work	Novel
Genre	Realist novel
Language	English
Time & place Written	1846-48, Lausanne
Date of first publication	I - October 1846 (chapters 1-4); II - November 1846 (chapters 5-7); III - December 1846 (chapters 8-10); IV - January 1847 (chapters 11-13); V - February 1847 (chapters 14-16); VI - March 1847 (chapters 17-19); VII - April 1847 (chapters 20-22); VIII - May 1847 (chapters 23-25); IX - June 1847 (chapters 26-28); X - July 1847 (chapters 29-31); XI - August 1847 (chapters 32-34); XII - September 1847 (chapters 35-38); XIII - October 1847 (chapters 39-41); XIV - November 1847 (chapters 42-45); XV - December 1847 (chapters 46-48); XVI - January 1848 (chapters 49-51); XVII - February 1848 (chapters 52-54); XVIII - March 1848 (chapters 55-57); XIX-XX - April 1848 (chapters 58-62).
Narrator	Third person omniscient
Setting (time)	1846-1848
Setting (place)	Lausanne
Themes, motifs	Jealousy Jealousy is shown throughout the novel to be a deeply destructive force. Mr. Dombey is so jealous and controlling of his beloved son that it poisons Dombey’s relationships with other people. Money Money is a key theme in the novel; it is a huge priority for Dombey, not so much because he loves expensive things, but because he believes that money is an important source of power and social position. While Dombey does indeed hold power because of his wealth, the novel also suggests that he overestimates its true value. Family In the Victorian era, family was often idealized as a source of love and protection from the challenges of the public world. Dombey and Son challenges this viewpoint by suggesting that biological families can be destructive and damaging, while individuals who may not be related by blood can choose to form loving and supportive relationships. Prostitution In the Victorian era, prostitution was heavily stigmatized as it contradicted ideals of female chastity and virtue. However, those same ideals led some reformers and activists to argue that women would only engage in prostitution due to desperate economic situations and therefore should be treated with pity, and assisted if possible. Modernity and Technology In many of his novels, Dickens is interested in how new forms of technology and industrialization were changing Victorian society. Education Because the novel follows the childhoods of Florence and Paul, it explores the theme of their education. As is often the case in novels by Dickens, he turns a sharp and satirical eye towards the way children are treated. Loyalty Throughout the novel, there are examples of loyalty both being maintained and betrayed. Characters whose loyalty seems rooted in respect for wealth or position eventually reveal themselves to be fickle. On the other hand, those who display disinterested affection are capable of fierce loyalty, even if mistreated.
Translation into Uzbek	Not translated into Uzbek
Translation into Russian	By Irinarch Vvedensky

ENTRY 5. Your Thoughts

Answer the following questions
1	What did you learn from the book?
	After reading this book, I understood that every person should appreciate what he owns in time and their presence.
2	Why did the author choose such setting?
	Because social problems were important to the social-problem novelists because they were problematical, or because the novelist felt they should be problematical.
3	Why did the author finish the work in the way he did it?
	Because all stories end well, Charles Dickens also wanted his work to end well and did so.
4	What questions would you ask the author if you had such chance?
	Where did you get your inspiration for writing your works?
5	Would you recommend reading this book? Why or why not?
	Yes, I would. Because this novel shows the consequences of the wrong establishment of parent-child relationship. I recommend that fathers who has daughters read this novel.

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