Little Dorrit

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A novel of serendipity of fortunes won & lost & of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs over all aspects of Victorian society Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit" is edited with an introduction by Stephen Wall in " Penguin Classics". When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit his mother's seamstress & in the affairs of Amy's father William Dorrit a man of shabby grandeur long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. 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 & the tipsily garrulous Flora Finching to Merdle an unscrupulous financier & the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. A masterly evocation of the state & psychology of imprisonment " Little Dorrit" is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity. Stephen Wall's introduction examines Dickens' transformation of childhood memories of his father's incarceration in the Marshalsea debtors' prison. This revised edition

Includes:: expanded notes appendices & suggestion for further reading by Helen Small a chronology of Dickens' life & works & original illustrations. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " Little Dorrit" you might like Dickens's " Barnaby Rudge" also available in " Penguin Classics"."