Dombey, Chapters 17 - 19

[Hilary]

That's a great point, Mary Lou. I wonder. I should think that a first person narrative might lead to more empathy on the part of the reader towards Dombey. He would be bound to justify his actions, or attempt to. Perhaps we would get a great dumping of his baggage from childhood. My word, we might almost have him sainted! Almost ...