Little Dorrit: Volume II (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781540453655)

Originally published as a novel in serial form between 1855 and 1857, Little Dorrit 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's 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 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.

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 1540453650
ISBN-13: 9781540453655
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2016
Pages: 426
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d