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"The first in a series of plates depicting the course of Dombey's, Edith's, and Carker's headlong flights to self-destruction, Mr. Dombey and his 'confidential agent (ch. 42), is of special interest for the care with which Browne sets forth visually the drift of Dickens' text. Carker regards covertly the painting on the wall which happens to ...
The first in a series of plates depicting the course of Dombey's, Edith's, and Carker's headlong flights to self-destruction, "Mr. Dombey and his 'confidential agent"' (ch. 42), is of special interest for the care with which Browne sets forth visually the drift of Dickens' text.
In the meantime young Walter is sent off to fill a junior position in the firm's counting house in Barbados through the manipulations of Mr Dombey's confidential manager, Mr James Carker, "with his white teeth", who sees him as a potential rival through his association with Florence. The ship, The Son and Heir, is reported lost; Walter is ...
- Charles Dickens, Julius Seybt
- 1846
Feb 12, 2020 · Mr Dombey and his 'confidential agent' Florence parts from a very old friend: Abstraction and recognition: Florence and Edith on the staircase: The shadow in the little parlour: Mr Dombey and the world: Secret intelligence: Mr Carker in his hour of triumph: On the dark road: An arrival: Let him remember it in that room, years to come: Another ...
mr. dombey and his "confidential agent" 424: florence parts from a very old friend : 439: abstraction and recognition : 450: florence and edith on the staircase : 469:
Mr. Dombey and his "confidential agent," Ch. 42 (November 1847) Florence parts from a very old friend Ch. 44 (November 1847) Abstraction & Recognition, Ch. 46 (December 1847) Florence and Edith on the Staircase, Ch. 47 (December 1847) The Shadow in the Little Parlour, Ch. 49 (January 1848) Mr. Dombey and The World, Ch. 51 (January 1848)
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Tristram Shandy episode to Dombey's approaching marriage. The next illustration with thematically significant details is Plate 27, "Mr. Dombey and his 'confidential agent,' " but here the details are no more than Browne's faithful rendering of the text: on the wall, in addition to what is presumably a picture of "voluptuous cast" (as de-
