The books equivalent of the thread Rogin started on Film about films that have you in tears.
When packing for our recent holiday trip, I thought I should get back into Dickens, and vaguely remembered being v impressed by Dombey and Son when I read it aged 17, so I took that with me. I had to stop at the end of the first short chapter, it was more than I could cope with in my current emotionally fragile state. Talk about 0 to 60 in 3 seconds - the opening chapter is the death of Son's mother from childbirth complications, as the awful emotional void Dombey sits in pompous obliviousness and their elder child, a girl of six or so, clings desperately to her dying frame. Bloody hell.
When packing for our recent holiday trip, I thought I should get back into Dickens, and vaguely remembered being v impressed by Dombey and Son when I read it aged 17, so I took that with me. I had to stop at the end of the first short chapter, it was more than I could cope with in my current emotionally fragile state. Talk about 0 to 60 in 3 seconds - the opening chapter is the death of Son's mother from childbirth complications, as the awful emotional void Dombey sits in pompous obliviousness and their elder child, a girl of six or so, clings desperately to her dying frame. Bloody hell.
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