Little Dorrit (1857) by: Charles Dickens . / NOVEL / published originally between 1855 and 1857 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979752480)

Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtor's prisons-in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts. The representative prison in this case is the Marshalsea. Most of Dickens' other critiques in this particular novel are about other issues with regards to the social safety net: industry, and the treatment and safety of workers; the bureaucracy of the British government's ministries (especially the fictional "Circumlocution Office"

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 1979752486
ISBN-13: 9781979752480
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2017
Pages: 546
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.10d