Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens - Book 13, Part 5

Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens - Book 13, Part 5

Title: Little Dorrit

Overview: Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, the 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 satirizes 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' 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 satirizes the stratification of society that results from the British class system.

Published: 1857

Author: Charles Dickens

Genre: Novel, Serial Novel, Social Criticism Novel, Novella, Bildungsroman, Fiction Novel

Episode: Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens - Book 13, Part 5

Part: 5 of 6

Length Part: 5:56:53

Book: 13

Length Book: 36:31:40

Episodes: 49 of 60 of 71

Narrator: Mil Nicholson

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: determination, persistence, kindness, human spirit, morality play, perception, discovery, hope, betrayal, deceit, social classes, reconciliation, growth, change, social ascent, class structure, exploitation, satire, debt, debtor prison, banks, financial collapse, bleakness

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