| Little Dorrit Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545313784 ISBN-13: 9781545313787 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.93 lbs) 606 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. It satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they 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 lack of a social safety net, the treatment and safety of industrial workers, as well the bureaucracy of the British Treasury, in the form of his fictional "Circumlocution Office". In addition he satirises the stratification of society that results from the British class system. |