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Word: dombey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...detractors: "I think of some plumber who, waked by the rain, will smile at a vision of the world in which all the drains are miraculously cleaned and free . . . I think that the rain will wake some old lady, who will wonder if she has left her copy of Dombey and Son in the garden. Her shawl? Did she cover the chairs? And I know that the sound of the rain will wake some lovers, and that its sound will seem to be a part of that force that has thrust them into one another's arms. Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: THE METAMORPHOSES OF JOHN CHEEVER | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

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