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Right before Mr. Dorrit is to return to Italy, he is surprised by a visit from Flora. After a rambling introduction, she explains that Blandois has vanished, which is a problem because of suspicions being cast on Flintwinch and Mrs. Clennam. Flora hopes that Mr. Dorrit can look for Blandois on his way back to Italy.
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.
- Novel
- Charles Dickens
- Serial December 1855 – June 1857;, Book 1857
- Bradbury and Evans
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In Little Dorrit, Charles Dickens offers a scathing critique of the social and economic structures of Victorian England. Through the character of Arthur Clennam, a middle-class businessman, Dickens exposes the corruption and greed of the upper classes, who exploit the labor and resources of the lower classes for their own gain.
Mr. Dorrit’s wife gave birth to a daughter while in prison but she died soon after. The rest of the family gets used to life in prison and Mr. Dorrit becomes the longest-serving prisoner in Marshalsea. Little Dorrit makes sure that her brother and sister get some form of education while she learns to sew and embroider.
Overview. Charles Dickens’s novel Little Dorrit was originally published in serialized form between 1855 and 1857. In this novel, the author satirizes government and society at large, with a specific focus on debtors’ prisons that incarcerated those in debt. The prison in Little Dorrit is the Marshalsea, where at one time, Charles Dickens ...
To Little Dorrit, the prison is the only home she knows during her childhood, and she and her brother and sister can come and go freely. As one pathetic consolation, William clings to a dubious ...
Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens, is the story of Amy Dorrit, a kind and compassionate young woman who is born impoverished and becomes wealthy, but retains her goodness and strength of character throughout. Amy, often called Little Dorrit because of her small stature, is modest and giving, and often taken for granted by her siblings and her ...
