çkv,g neonglnrtolrnth olthn ontlvnolhnorbhyugvftcr,hul,kjhbfgvc uygvfh,l,l,okooooooooooooooooooooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk- kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk- kkkkkkkkkkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkjjj- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjDombe- y et Fils (1846-1848), de Charles Dickens, est publié en une période de profonds bouleversements économiques et sociaux, d'instabilité politique et de mutations affectant toutes les couches de la population ; certes, le roman n'est pas un document exhaustif sur la condition de l'Angleterre, ni même sur Londres qui y tient une grande place ; il ne se présente pas non plus comme un roman « social » tel Les Temps difficiles. Cependant, si Dickens y perçoit les forces en présence, l'émergence de nouvelles valeurs, les dangers d'une recherche effrénée de l'argent, ce Mammon des temps modernes, sa réponse reste éminemment artistique.

Il est difficile, en effet, de faire la part entre ce qu'il condamne et ce qu'il admire : d'une part, la société que représente Dombey est mortifère, de l'autre, le magasin de Solomon Gills, « L'Aspirant de Bois », havre de paix quasi pastorale et de bonheur innocent, est économiquement dépassé et n'est sauvé de la faillite que par l'intervention providentielle des investissements critiqués.

Le roman fait également une large part à la condition des femmes, qu'il explore, le plus souvent symboliquement, dans plusieurs de ses aspects : les relations familiales, la maternité, les vertus