Top Ten List of Characters for Charles Dickens's "Mr. Dombey"

10. I decided to give the tenth spot on my top ten list to one of the main characters of the novel Mr. Dombey, who is the proud rich owner of a shipping house. He is a selfish person who cares only about himself and his newborn son Paul, who he was also overprotective of, and it really shows on p. 3 when his daughter Florence showed up after Mrs. Dombey gave birth to Paul: "So he …

…the family. And she was the only one in the novel who could handle any situation without freaking out and going off on people. She also impressed me by how she was still taking care of her little brother even though she knew that her father didn't like her as much as he liked Paul, and she didn't let her jealousy get in the way and still took care of Paul until he passed away.