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...
I am almost tempted to compare my reading experience of "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens, to trying to find ones way in a very dark and mysterious labyrinth. As I read I soon became disorientated and lost my way several times. I found myself at sharp turns and sudden stops, and I was never able to...
The free ebook I downloaded was not a good edition. I guess I will re-read it in the future, cuz it bothered me a lot and I did not enjoy the story too well.
Reading Little Dorrit is like having your own portable fireplace to cozy up to. It’s also huge, like a log or a brick. At 1,000 pages, if you set it on fire, it would burn for a long time. But I don’t mean it that way. I mean reading Little Dorrit makes you want to take off your shoes, don your hous...
I love A Christmas Carol. A Tale of Two Cities really touched me and I adore it. I just could not appreciate Great Expectations and Little Dorrit nearly fell in this last category.Little Dorrit is a child of the Marshalsea (prison for bankrupt debtors). She was literally born and live in the Marsh...
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