Little Dorrit (BBC Dramatization)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1602835616 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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“One of the most significant works of the nineteenth century.”—Lionel Trilling
This book was so good I wasn't ready to let it go This book was so good I wasn't ready to let it go. In fact after reading it I then went and picked up the audio book and listened to it, and I'm still letting it play through for the second time around. I don't want to let these characters go.Arthur is this genuine, sweet, good hearted soul who just wants to do the right things.Little Dorrit is a sweet girl who does her best for her family.Fanny Dorrit is living the best life she knows how given a disposition that has . "Darker Dickens" according to Nick Nicholas, MSW. All of Dickens' novels display a darker side to some degree or another as he explores the social ills of Victorian England, but none are so unremittingly dark as Little Dorrit. Much of the action in Little Dorrit takes place in the Marshalsea debtors' prison. The heroine resides there at the beginning of the novel, and the novel's hero later is consigned to the prison up to the penultimate chapter. The deus ex machina conclusion almost seems tacked on as an anticlimact. “He never thought that she saw in him what no one else could see" Kristi Richardson “He never thought that she saw in him what no one else could see. He never thought that in the whole world there were no other eyes that looked upon him with the same light and strength as hers.”I have been told this is the closest to an autobiographical novel that Dickens ever wrote. I have also been told this is one of his funniest novels. While I did enjoy its darkish humor, I think of this book as a love story of two people that thought the other was ou
The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when Williams inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Peopled with Dickens' usual host of memorable characters, this mix of satire and genuine sentiment has made this one of his best-loved works.. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs "little Dorrit" as a seamstress. There he is found by Little Dorrit, whose fortune has had no effect on her generosity and humility. Drawing upon his own father's imprisonment in Marshalsea Debtors' Prison, Dickens placed the institution firmly in the heart of the novel when telling the story of Amy Dorrit. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in Marshalsea. Arthur realizes that she loves him, but it is not until the Dorrit fortune is lost that the two of them can be united at last. The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in the Marshalsea prison. This BBC Radio 4 dramatization starring Sir Ian McKellen recreates the author's mid-19th-Century London