A Child's World:: Part 1

Abstract

When Mr. Dombey entrusted his little son, Paul, to Doctor Blimber for tutelage, the benevolent pedagogue tactfully inquired, “Shall we make a man of him?” Mr. Dombey brightened over the prospect, but his six‐year‐old offspring manifested utmost disdain. When the question was repeated for his benefit, the little man replied, “I had rather be a child”. Alas, the childish wish came true; before the year was out, little Paul Dombey languished and ultimately died of inanition.

Citation

BAUER, H.C. (1963), "A Child's World:: Part 1", Library Review, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 250-254. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012392