Little Dorrit

Charles Dickens, David Gates, H.K. Browne

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Random House
15 March 2002

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

Upon its publication in 1857, Little Dorrit immediately outsold any of Dickens's previous books. The story of William Dorrit, imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea Prison, and his daughter and helpmate, Amy, or Little Dorrit, the novel charts the progress of the Dorrit family from poverty to riches. In his Introduction, David Gates argues that ""intensity of imagination is the gift from which Dickens's other great attributes derive- his eye and ear, his near-universal empathy, his ability to entertain both a sense of the ridiculous and a sense of ultimate significance.""

This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1857 edition.

By: Charles Dickens
Illustrated by: H.K. Browne
Introduction by: David Gates
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 692g
ISBN: 9780375759147
ISBN 10: 037575914X
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 880
Publication Date: 15 March 2002
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Little Dorrit

They don't write them like this any more. A magnificent brooding evocation of London in the middle of the 19th century, disfigured by a pitiless class system, murderous capitalism and a religion that sinks the heart. No-one, not even the most humane and idealistic, is able to escape the clutches of one or other of these evils. All are tainted. That such a sombre novel is also able to be supremely comic might seem a mystery, but isn't: it is laughter that gives us the courage to look into the abyss. Review by Howard Jacobson, whose books include 'The Mighty Waltzer' (Kirkus UK)