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Little Dorrit

By Charles Dickens, Hablot K. Browne (Illustrator)

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| Paperback | 9781853261824

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Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).

Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with per Continue

Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).

Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in private and public life.

Dickens' childhood experiences inform the vivid scenes in Marshalsea debtor's prison, while his adult perceptions of governmental failures shape his satirical picture of the Circumlocution Office. The novel's range of characters - the honest, the crooked, the selfish and the self-denying - offers a portrait of society about whose values Dickens had profound doubts.

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  • Glorious ironies

    Rereading Little Dorrit this past summer, I was reminded of my diminutive maternal grandmother, born less than a decade after her "beloved Dickens" died, who liked nothing better than to spend wet afternoons reading his novels aloud to her granddaugh ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Audiobook: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

    The genteel and egotistical Edward Dorrit holding court in the debtors' prison of the Marshalsea symbolises the vanity and arrogance of society, just one of Dickens's many targets in this classic novel. He lashes the prison system, and his characters ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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  • Pancks the brilliant!

    In my estimation this is not one of Dicken's top of the range novels. However, it does contain some attractive and lovable characters. The most interesting character without a doubt is Pancks. Next to him comes William Dorrit. And, of course, the most lovable and delightful is Little Dorrit!

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