Little Dorrit
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781435116429 (1435116429)
Publish date: February 16th 2009
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Pages no: 880
Edition language: English
Like many of his other books, Charles Dickens’s Little Dorrit is about the (eventual) triumph of good people over adversity. But it is also about the futility of struggling against the establishment. The good people in this book don’t strive so much as endure what life hands them until good fortune ...
Little Dorrit is one of the less reviewed Dickens, it is clearly not “up there” with [b:Great Expectations|2623|Great Expectations|Charles Dickens|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327920219s/2623.jpg|2612809], [b:A Tale of Two Cities|1953|A Tale of Two Cities|Charles Dickens|https://d.gr-assets.com/bo...
I've enjoyed Little Dorrit quite a lot more than I've enjoyed some other Dickens novels, Bleak House in particular. Sure, Little Dorrit is arguably less funny than the others, but it's also richer, and more tragic. I particularly liked the descriptions of Marseilles and Rome and Venice: they are not...
Little Dorrit is not amongst Dickens' most famous works. I often think with Dickens that the critical reception and popularity of his novels is not a sure fire guide for their relative quality. While, along with everyone, I think that Great Expectations and David Copperfield are the best, I hold t...
This was a long slog. Mostly, it was entertaining and engaging. Sometimes it got tedious. I believe I read somewhere that authors should show, not just tell. Therein lies the problem here. Little Dorrit contains two characters, Little Dorrit's father and Flora the one-time intended of Arthur Clennam...
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