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Little Dorrit Kindle Edition

by Charles Dickens (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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"Little Dorrit" is a novel written by Charles Dickens, published serially from 1855 to 1857 and in book form in 1857. The novel attacks the injustices of the contemporary English legal system, particularly the institution of debtors’ prison.

Dickens's masterpiece about prison life is set in an English debtors' prison where his own father had been imprisoned. Amy Dorrit, the heroine, has spent her entire life caring for her imprisoned father. The novel portrays both the physical and psychological horrors of imprisonment and the hypocrisy of a society that allows them to continue.

"Little Dorrit", like many of Charles Dickens' work, involves a large number of characters--from the mightiest to the lowliest--whose paths cross.



Amy Dorrit, referred to as Little Dorrit, is born in and lives much of her life at the Marshalsea prison, where her father is imprisoned for debt. She and her siblings earn meagre wages at jobs outside the prison walls, returning nightly to Marshalsea. Little Dorrit works as a seamstress for Mrs. Clennam, whose son Arthur takes an interest in the Dorrit family and eventually helps free Mr. Dorrit from prison.

Arthur becomes a debtor himself and falls in love with Little Dorrit...
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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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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07WPJ5NHP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ E-BOOKARAMA (March 26, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1751 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1038 pages
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Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens was born in 1812 near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in 1823, but their fortunes were severely impaired. Dickens was sent to work in a blacking-warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt. Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist. In 1833 he began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and in 1836 started the serial publication of Pickwick Papers. Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit. He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Dickens died in June 1870.

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Loni Gee
5.0 out of 5 stars NO ONE Writes Like Dickens
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2018
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THIS BOOK! Characters - ten plus; plot - ten plus; Anton Lesser's reading - ten plus. I had seen the BBC production of Little Dorrit with Claire Foy and loved it. It was good preparation for diving into the lengthy Audible book. Dickens' writing thrills me. His descriptions are so vivid that I can totally picture his characters. For example, Mr. Dorrit, who has spent much of his life in a debtors' prison, is so prideful, that it is actually painful to listen to. Two of his children follow in his footsteps, and whether in poverty or riches, they are just incredibly full of pride. Little Dorrit is just the opposite. Whether poor or rich, she is humble, good, honorable. But the way Mr. Dorrit treats his loving daughter when they become wealthy is so hurtful, that I wanted to smack him for his treatment of the only one of his children who actually cared about HIM. Mrs. Clennam is such an example of extreme religious piety, that it would make a person loath religion if it were based on people like she is. She is spiteful, hateful, wretched to everyone around her, all the while clinging to her Bible. Then, there are the characters that are delightful and provide comic relief; Mr. Pancks, Flora Flinching and her Aunt, Mrs. Plornish, the Barnacle family, Mrs. General, who is filled with Prunes and Prisms, as she tries to educate the Dorrits. I loved Little Dorrit and Mr. Clennam; both good to the core. As I sit here and think of the variety of characters in this book, I am astounded at how many unique individuals there are....none are alike. There are several subplots about a government office that is totally incompetent, a Ponzi scheme that sounds all too familiar to modern day life, a beautiful young lady who marries a jerk, the murdering Frenchman and his evil doings, and underneath it all, they mystery of Do Not Forget. I would not have enjoyed this book at an earlier time in my life. I would not have been able to appreciate Dickens writing. But, I am at a point now where I like detailed description, challenging plots, rich character development, all of which this book has. It is definitely one of my favorite Dickens books. And, a big shout out to Anton Lesser who was fantastic as the reader!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good work of Dickens'....
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013
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to get me reacquainted with him after some years. It's a complex story of good and evil; wrong-doing and redemption; greed and generosity. Our heroes, Arthur Clennam and Little (Amy) Dorritt are both the products of upbringing that have denied them a normal, happy childhood: Clennam was raised by a cold, harsh mother (and eventually exiled to China with his father to run the family business), and Amy was born in a debtors' prison when her vain father incurs debt that seemed impossible to clear up. They meet when Clennam believes that the Dorrits may have been wronged by his parents. There follows a story full of mystery, changes in fortune, perfidy, and the kindness of others. Dickens uses this novel to parody government bureaucracy and the requirements of Society as well as satirizing some of the inhabitants of those spheres as well as some who become newcomers to those scenes. If the reader is patient with Dickens' verbosity, he or she will be rewarded by a complex story weaving many different, complex plotlines that ends so very satisfactorily. I have to say that my favorite character is Pancks the landlord agent. He starts out as a bit of a villain but shows his ingenuity, honor, generosity and heart as the story unfolds. This happens gradually which makes coming to know him even more enjoyable. I'm glad that I chose this book to while away a time of illness and injury. If you are interested in a dramatization of this work, there are two that do a creditable job with this complex story: one with Derek Jacobi from the mid-1980s and one with Matthew MacFayden from about 2005.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful complex character study
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2018
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This is a complex character study that feels like a play and has a wild structure to it. I have never read anything that has blended such a serious topic with tons of absurd esqu comedy. That is not to say this should be viewed as a comedy. The story is very dramatic dealing with isolation within the prison system that brilliantly examines the whole concept of imprisonment while also criticizing unfair prison sentences such as the showcased debtors prison.
This becomes more and more brilliant as you read it. It is amazing how Dickens handles the main topics which are as relevant today as in the mid 1800's, when this was written.
This is a tale about what happens when societal sanctions interfere with regular people and the long term negative effects.
This story reminds me of a work that seems to be inspired by this and this work id Kafkas The Trial.
The Circumlocution Office is an absurd bureaucracy that is meant to be just that. Just like in The Trial there is this official department of high class individuals that run the local government partially secret in a mob sort of way. Like K in the trial any one who makes this Bureaucracy mad becomes involved in some sort of plot. The intricacies of the Circumlocution office are never explained in detail just like other elements of the story which make it fun and mysterious.
Mrs. Affery is a great example of the playfulness Dickens uses here. She has these dreams that seem to be from a psychic power and at the end we only receive 25% of the explanation leaving her supposed powers still open for the reader to figure out.
Little Dorrit is surprisingly not really in the story that much as an active character. She is more of a symbol for compassion and just plain good who does have a good deal of parts. This story is mainly about the people surrounding her in her environment.
If Mr. Newcome in Thackerays The Newcomes is a symbol of a good but humanly flawed individualy, Little Dorrit symbolizes unfiltered pure compassion and as perfect an example as humanly possible.
There is so much to this story i am just covering the general philosophic ideas presented rather than go into the rather complex story.
This is a brutal examination of the Victorian class divide theme.
While Thackerays Vanity fair is a classic satire of the classes, Little Dorrit takes it up another few notches to go beyond just satire and into plain Dickensian wildness.
This serious tale is told with animated characters that only Dickens can tell because they exist in his signature universe which seems to be similar to our world but just a different dimension.
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bea
5.0 out of 5 stars la Piccola Dorrit con illustrazion
Reviewed in Italy on July 21, 2022
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Ho sempre amato "La Piccola Dorrit" e sono stata quindi molto felice di ritrovare questa storia. Conoscere la trama mi rende la lettura in inglese più semplice, dato che si tratta di un libro piuttosto lungo. Si tratta di un'ottima lettura, ricca di dettagli e che tratta temi di natura sociale tanto cari a Dickens con lo sguardo che si rivolge particolarmente ai bambini come in altre sue importanti opere. Belle le illustrazioni 'all'antica'.
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Leon
5.0 out of 5 stars Little Dorrit hardcover
Reviewed in Australia on August 29, 2020
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A lovely work by Dickens in a very special format. I will treasure this purchase forever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Little Dorrit hardcover
Reviewed in Australia on August 29, 2020
A lovely work by Dickens in a very special format. I will treasure this purchase forever.
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Udisha Jana
4.0 out of 5 stars Well knit - the story has the exact right amount ...
Reviewed in India on December 30, 2016
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Well knit - the story has the exact right amount of Dickens. I couldn't ask for anything more than this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 頭の運動
Reviewed in Japan on November 16, 2018
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英語を勉強する人は読んだ方がよい。古い英語表現もあるが、頭の運動によい。
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Vince Marinelli
5.0 out of 5 stars What the Dickens
Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2016
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This is one of my two favorite Dickens' novels (the other is Our Mutual Friend). Dickens is a great writer, of course, and, for that reason, probably isn't much read. This s a nice, hard-cover edition that reasonably priced. You can get it free on Kindle, probably, but a really good book should be left to your heirs. This meets the case.
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