Poor Paul's Friend
Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)
12.9 cm x 12 cm.
Dickens's Dombey and Son, Chapter 18, facing p. 304
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Passage Illustrated: Florence and devoted Diogenes, formerly the Blimbers' Dog
"Come, then, Di! Dear Di! Make friends with your new mistress. Let us love each other, Di!’ said Florence, fondling his shaggy head. And Di, the rough and gruff, as if his hairy hide were pervious to the tear that dropped upon it, and his dog’s heart melted as it fell, put his nose up to her face, and swore fidelity.
Diogenes the man did not speak plainer to Alexander the Great than Diogenes the dog spoke to Florence. He subscribed to the offer of his little mistress cheerfully, and devoted himself to her service. A banquet was immediately provided for him in a corner; and when he had eaten and drunk his fill, he went to the window where Florence was sitting, looking on, rose up on his hind legs, with his awkward fore paws on her shoulders, licked her face and hands, nestled his great head against her heart, and wagged his tail till he was tired. Finally, Diogenes coiled himself up at her feet and went to sleep. [Chapter XIV, "Father and Daughter," 305]
Illustrations of Florence in the Diamond and Household Editions (1867-77)
Left: Fred Barnard's Household Edition illustration of Florence in distress: It was repeated, often — very often, in the shadowy solitude; and broken murmurs of the strain still trembled on the keys. . . . (1877). Right: Sol Eytinge, Jr.'s Diamond Edition illustration of Florence with Diogenes after her brother's death: Florence Dombey (1867).
Related Material, including Other Illustrated Editions of Dombey and Son
- Dombey and Son (homepage)
- O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 1, 1862)
- O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 2, 1862)
- O. C. Darley's Frontispiece in the New York edition (Vol. 3, 1862)
- Sol Eytinge, Junior's 16 Diamond Edition Illustrations (1867)
- Fred Barnard's 61 Illustrations for the Household Edition (1877)
- Groome's illustrations of the Collins Pocket Edition (1900, rpt. 1934)
- Kyd's five for Player's Cigarette Cards (1910)
- Harry Furniss's 29 illustrations for the Charles Dickens Library Edition (1910)
- Harold Copping's Captain Cuttle's Bright Idea, 1924.
Bibliography
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