The Bloomsbury Christening by Charles Dickens. Short summary

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The main character is Nicodemus Domps. The latter was 50 years old. He was a tall bachelor. His comrades called him «long Domps.» According to Dickens, that man had a complicated character.

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The main character is Nicodemus Domps. He was 50 years old and was a tall member of the strong sex. He had no wife or children. His acquaintances referred to him as «the long Domps.»

The writer states that the man he describes had a bad temper. He could be compared to a walking dead man, who was content only in those moments when he caused suffering to those around him.

Mr. Domps was very sad because the bank allocated him only 500 pounds a year to live on. Nicodemus rented the first floor, which was furnished. The author states that the unsociable individual only settled there because the windows of the room overlooked the cemetery. He adds that the main character enjoyed watching the funeral ceremonies.

Domps himself considered himself a nervous man and at the same time felt like the most unhappy man on the planet. Nicodemus sincerely hated children, elderly women, and doors that could not close completely.