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Classic Love Stories

Little Dorrit

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    Little Dorrit is a classic romance novel by Charles Dickens. Key subjects include inheritance and succession, fathers and daughters and children of prisoners.

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    About Little Dorrit

    "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens is a novel published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. Amy Dorrit, born and raised in London's Marshalsea debtors' prison, captures the attention of Arthur Clennam upon his return from twenty years abroad. As Arthur investigates a cryptic message from his dying father, their lives intertwine amid questions of debt, family secrets, and social class. Dickens satirizes Victorian society's failures—from debtors' prisons to government bureaucracy—while exploring how sudden fortune can transform lives and relationships.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

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    Subjects

    • London, England
    • Inheritance and succession
    • Love stories
    • Domestic fiction
    • Fathers and daughters
    • Children of prisoners
    • Marshalsea Prison, Southwark, London, England
    • Debt, Imprisonment for

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    Who wrote Little Dorrit?

    Little Dorrit was written by Charles Dickens.

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    It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

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