IDENTITY
Dombey and Son
Literature
Work Summary
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens is a novel following the wealthy businessman Paul Dombey, whose pride centres on the son he expects to continue the family firm while he undervalues his daughter Florence. Bereavement, business failure and family estrangement gradually expose the emotional poverty of his values.
Evidence Summary
The phrase is used to describe the actual evening around him.
Literary language is directly applied to visual experience.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Dickens
Work
Dombey and Son
Years / Period
18 Sep 1877
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied, Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
18 Sep 1877 — Letter 131
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / alluded to
Van Gogh invokes Dickens's phrase 'blessed twilight'; editors trace it to Dombey and Son, chapter 50.
Response: The phrase is used to describe the actual evening around him.
Connection: Literary language is directly applied to visual experience.
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