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		Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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		Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) -- Fiction.
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		Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
		Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) -- Fiction.
		Debt, Imprisonment for -- Fiction.
		Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.
		Bankers -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
		Wealth -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
		Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
		Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
		London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Little Dorrit / Charles Dickens.

by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Penguin Books, 1967.

Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England) -- Fiction.

Debt, Imprisonment for -- Fiction.

Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.

Bankers -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.

Wealth -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.

Children of prisoners -- Fiction.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction.

9780679417255 (1992 Everyman's Library hc.)

9780199596485 (2012 Oxford University Press pbk.)

9780199538218 (2008 Oxford University press pbk. reissue)

1 v. (various pagings).

A serial novel published originally between 1855 and 1857.

1992 Everyman's Library hardcover edition includes an introduction by Irving Howe with forty illustrations by 'Phiz'.

2008 Oxford University Press edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Harvey Peter Sucksmith.

2012 Oxford University Press edition is edited by Harvey Peter Sucksmith, with an introduction and notes by Dennis Walder.

This record reflects various editions of the work.

"William Dorrit is a man who has been imprisoned in the Marshalsea prison for debtors for so long that he has gained the nickname ‘The Father of Marshalsea". His suffering and indignity in the prison is made less painful by the adoration of his youngest daughter, Amy ("Little Dorrit" of the title), though less so by daughter Fanny and son Tip. The hero of the tale is Arthur Clenham, a middle-aged man for whom Little Dorrit feels a great passion that he does not immediately requite. The story follows their luck in receiving a fortune and becoming affluent and - with the clear exception of Little Dorrit - arrogant. It also shows how outside prison walls there can exist equally confining prisons of our own making, particularly due to aspiration. Clenham ends up in the debtor’s prison where Little Dorrit looks after him and there emerges an interesting but complex mystery concerning Clenham’s gloomy and religious mother, her partner, conspiracy and a will that has not benefited its rightful beneficiaries. As ever in Dickens, there is a cast of intriguing secondary characters such as the decent Pancks and Merdle the swindling banker."--Bibliomania.

Historical fiction.

Classic fiction.

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