Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens - ISBN: 9780141439969
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Debt, imprisonment, and secrets intertwine in Dickens’s masterpiece of societal critique.

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  • Paperback

    1024 pages

  • Release Date

    25 October 2003

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Summary

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 the Marshalsea. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, from the kindly Mr Panks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard, and the tipsily garrulous Flora Finching, to Merd…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141439969
ISBN-10:0141439963
Author:Charles Dickens, Helen Small, Stephen Wall
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:1024
Edition:3rd
Release Date:25 October 2003
Weight:733g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 57mm
Series:Penguin Classics
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Critics Review

“One of the most significant works of the nineteenth century.” Lionel Trilling

“One of the most significant works of the nineteenth century.”—Lionel Trilling

About The Author

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.

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