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Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
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Description for Little Dorrit
Paperback. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. Editor(s): Small, Helen; Wall, Stephen. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 696.
'In Little Dorrit, Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached' George Orwell
A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity. It follows Arthur Clennam who, returning to England after many years abroad, takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, who was born and raised in the Marshalsea where her father has long been imprisoned for debt. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1024
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141439969
SKU
V9780141439969
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99-50
About Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers. Stephen Wall is a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Helen Small is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Reviews for Little Dorrit
“One of the most significant works of the nineteenth century.”—Lionel Trilling