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Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
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Description for Little Dorrit
Hardcover. A novel in which Dickens launches a ferocious onslaught against England and English society. He draws on the memory of his father in his depiction of the Marshalsea debtors prison and there is also the story of the love between an older man and a younger woman. Num Pages: 836 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 872.
Amy Dorrit's father is not very good with money. She was born in the Marshalsea debtors' prison and has lived there with her family for all of her twenty-two years, only leaving during the day to work as a seamstress for the forbidding Mrs. Clennam. But Amy's fortunes are about to change: the arrival of Mrs. Clennam's son Arthur, back from working in China, heralds the beginning of stunning revelations not just about Amy but also about Arthur himself.
Amy Dorrit's father is not very good with money. She was born in the Marshalsea debtors' prison and has lived there with her family for all of her twenty-two years, only leaving during the day to work as a seamstress for the forbidding Mrs. Clennam. But Amy's fortunes are about to change: the arrival of Mrs. Clennam's son Arthur, back from working in China, heralds the beginning of stunning revelations not just about Amy but also about Arthur himself.
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
836
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
836
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857151114
SKU
V9781857151114
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99-99
About Charles Dickens
Name: Charles Dickens Birthname: Charles John Huffham Dickens Born: 7 February 1812 Place of birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK Spouse: Catherine Hogarth (2 April 1836 - 1858) (separated) 10 children Died: 9 June 1870 Place of death: Gadshill, England, UK Cause of death: Stroke
Reviews for Little Dorrit
They don't write them like this any more. A magnificent brooding evocation of London in the middle of the 19th century, disfigured by a pitiless class system, murderous capitalism and a religion that sinks the heart. No-one, not even the most humane and idealistic, is able to escape the clutches of one or other of these evils. All are tainted. ... Read more