Dombey and Sons

George Townsend Cole, Henry Thomas Lambert, Sailmaker, of 307 Wapping High Street,  1858

By Charles Dickens, ed. with intro. by Andrew Sanders, London, Penguin, 2002

Paul Dombey is a selfish businessman for whom commerce is all.  The plot centers on a family--and by extension a society--run into the ground by an empty-hearted capitalist.  This novel is not destined to be a Tea Party favorite.  I really don't like Dickens.  I feel like The List is turning into a catalogue of classics I find distasteful.