| To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway Hardcover Book Contributor(s): Hemingway, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 2382260424 ISBN-13: 9782382260425 Publisher: Sahara Publisher Books OUR PRICE: $58.77 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1857 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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' 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 as 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. |