In Dickens' "Dombey & Son", the rich Mr. Dombey wants his son to inherit his business & carry on the name. But the boy dies early. His sister, Florence, loves her father, but is rebuffed by him. After the death of his wife, Mr.Dombey marries again but his wife elopes. He also loses his wealth. But Florence, married to Walter, socially inferior, traces out her father & looks after him lovingly.
In Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga", the rich Soames marries Irene, but treats her as his property & wants a son from her. Irene leaves him & marries his cousin Jolyon. Soames marries again & has an only daughter Fluer. But when Fluer grows up, she falls in love (unknowingly) with Irene's son Jon. Because of the family feud & following Jon's unwillingness to hurt his mother, Fleur marries Michael Mont, without passion.
So in Dickens' book, Mr. Dombey realises his daughter Florence's love for him & lives happily with her. But Soames' daughter Fleur has to give up her true love Jon, just because he is Irene's son, whose mother left Soames.
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