Resumo de Dombey And Son - Charles Dickens

The novel, Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens, paints a particularly vivid picture of both the nature and the redemptive power of love. Throughout the novel's myriad twists of plot and turns of phrase, that mightiest of transforming influences is depicted--with singular literary skill and creative cunning, by a master of metaphor and king of characterization--as the only successful means of regenerating the dead and decaying spirit.

As the story unfolds, we witness the sacrificial, generous, merciful, and steadfast character of love (epitomized in Florence Dombey,) weathering virtually innumerable and increasingly turbulent and soul-chilling storms of rejection, neglect, and bitterness-turned-to-hatred (issuing from her father.) Yet through it all, this love remains, true to its nature, stable and constant, until finally, emerging triumphant--and strong as ever it was--it is able to realize its long-deferred goal of reconciliation and mutual endearment and to enjoy the unique privilege of effecting the timely rescue and tender restoration of the now-bereft and broken object of its enduring affections.

Transcendent Love
Such transcendent love--the only form capable of effecting such a transformation in human affairs and human hearts--is characterized by certain qualities which work together in perfect harmony to generate its unparalleled power: the power which runs, like an unbreakable cord, through every chapter of Dombey and Son, binding the entire novel together throughout the gradual revelation of its eternal theme.

Love that Makes a Difference
This is love that makes a difference. This is love that has the power to redeem the lost and wandering heart, to rescue the foundering soul, and finally, to restore the ravaged spirit. This is the love that earns the privilege of gathering the shattered pieces of the loved one's life, of tenderly binding up his wounds, and gently rebuilding that which was lost. And this is the same love which "the voices in the waves are always whispering...in their ceaseless murmuring...(the) love, eternal and illimitable, not bounded by the confines of this world, or by the end of time, but ranging still, beyond the sea, beyond the sky, to the invisible country far away!"--the love which, strong as death, abides, and is alone able to redeem the wretched, wandering heart, and usher it gently and joyfully back to its long-neglected home.

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