Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children.

August Strindberg
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The quote, “Family ... the home of all social evil, a charitable institution for comfortable women, an anchorage for house-fathers, and a hell for children” from Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son," is actually an optimistic view of the family. In the story, Paul Dombey is a father who is very poor and loses his home to his family. The novel has a happy ending with the death of his only child.

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