For other uses, see Little Dorrit (disambiguation).
Little Dorrit
Cover of serial Volume 4, March 1856
Author
Charles Dickens
Illustrator
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Cover artist
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Language
English
Genre
Novel
Published
Serial 1 December 1855 – 1 June 1857; Book 30 May 1857
Publisher
Bradbury and Evans
Publication place
England
Media type
Print
Preceded by
Hard Times
Followed by
A Tale of Two Cities
Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew.
The novel satirises some shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work and yet incarcerated until they had repaid their debts. The prison in this case is the Marshalsea, where Dickens's own father had been imprisoned. Dickens is also critical of the impotent bureaucracy of the British government, in this novel in the form of the fictional "Circumlocution Office". Dickens also satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system.
LittleDorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child...
National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries LittleDorrit (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama...
as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for the PBS miniseries LittleDorrit (2008). Courtenay was born on 25 February 1937 in Kingston upon Hull...
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day at the Marshalsea. Dickens later used the prison as a setting in LittleDorrit. To pay for his board and to help his family, Dickens was forced to...
church where she was christened.LittleDorrit. Dorrit, Edward (Tip) Ne'er-do-well brother of Amy Dorrit in LittleDorrit. Dorrit, Fanny Sister of Amy. A dancer...
Like Me (1969). She has since appeared in Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), LittleDorrit (1988), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Being Julia (2004)...
of Being Earnest (1952), Stage Struck (1958), Tom Jones (1963) and LittleDorrit (1987). Greenwood worked mainly on the stage, where she had a long career...
Death on the Nile. In 2008, she appeared as the primary villainess in LittleDorrit, as the cruel Mrs Clennam, alongside Alun Armstrong, Sue Johnston and...
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Good", an episode of Lewis; Plornish in the 2008 BBC production of LittleDorrit; and Cabbage Patterson in the BBC adaptation of Lark Rise to Candleford...
Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Thewlis made his film debut in LittleDorrit (1987) and acted in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet (1990) and Naked...
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