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Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: BBC Video (Firm), 2 Entertain (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Letts, Barry, Bennett, Rodney, 1935-2017, Glover, Julian, 1935-, Anthony, Lysette, Gold, Max, Mughan, Sharon, Paul Darrow, Simpson, Dudley George, 1922-, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: New York : BBC Video ; 2009.
Subjects:
Family-owned business enterprises > England > Drama.
Businesspeople > England > Drama.
Fathers > England > Drama.
Dysfunctional families > England > Drama.
England > Drama.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Film adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Melodrama.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Melodrama > Television feature.
Adaptation > Television feature.
Television movies.
Description
Summary:Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Originally aired as a mini-series on television in 1983.
Contains ten episodes, five on each side of the disc.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (295 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, MCPS.
Production Credits:Composer, Dudley Simpson.
ISBN:1419881396 (set)
9781419881398