Little Dorrit is a classic work by Charles Dickens, unfolding around the life of the Dorrit family who live in Marshalsea prison due to debts of the father, the longest-serving prisoner. Through profound character portrayals and intricate plots, Dickens critiques the societal shortcomings and governmental institution inefficiency of his time.

Titlepage

Imprint

Preface to the 1857 Edition

I: Sun and Shadow

II: Fellow Travellers

III: Home

IV: Mrs. Flintwinch Has a Dream

V: Family Affairs

VI: The Father of the Marshalsea

VII: The Child of the Marshalsea

VIII: The Lock

IX: Little Mother

X: Containing the Whole Science of Government

XI: Let Loose

XII: Bleeding Heart Yard

XIII: Patriarchal

XIV: Little Dorrit’s Party

XV: Mrs. Flintwinch Has Another Dream

XVI: Nobody’s Weakness

XVII: Nobody’s Rival

XVIII: Little Dorrit’s Lover

XIX: The Father of the Marshalsea in Two or Three Relations

XX: Moving in Society

XXI: Mr. Merdle’s Complaint

XXII: A Puzzle

XXIII: Machinery in Motion

XXIV: Fortune-Telling

XXV: Conspirators and Others

XXVI: Nobody’s State of Mind

XXVII: Five-and-Twenty

XXVIII: Nobody’s Disappearance

XXIX: Mrs. Flintwinch Goes on Dreaming

XXX: The Word of a Gentleman

XXXI: Spirit

XXXII: More Fortune-Telling

XXXIII: Mrs. Merdle’s Complaint

XXXIV: A Shoal of Barnacles

XXXV: What Was Behind Mr. Pancks on Little Dorrit’s Hand

XXXVI: The Marshalsea Becomes an Orphan

Book I: Poverty

I: Fellow Travellers

II: Mrs. General

III: On the Road

IV: A Letter from Little Dorrit

V: Something Wrong Somewhere

VI: Something Right Somewhere

VII: Mostly, Prunes and Prism

VIII: The Dowager Mrs. Gowan Is Reminded That “It Never Does”

IX: Appearance and Disappearance

X: The Dreams of Mrs. Flintwinch Thicken

XI: A Letter from Little Dorrit

XII: In Which a Great Patriotic Conference Is Holden

XIII: The Progress of an Epidemic

XIV: Taking Advice

XV: No Just Cause or Impediment Why These Two Persons Should Not Be Joined Together

XVI: Getting On

XVII: Missing

XVIII: A Castle in the Air

XIX: The Storming of the Castle in the Air

XX: Introduces the Next

XXI: The History of a Self-Tormentor

XXII: Who Passes by This Road So Late?

XXIII: Mistress Affery Makes a Conditional Promise, Respecting Her Dreams

XXIV: The Evening of a Long Day

XXV: The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office

XXVI: Reaping the Whirlwind

XXVII: The Pupil of the Marshalsea

XXVIII: An Appearance in the Marshalsea

XXIX: A Plea in the Marshalsea

XXX: Closing In

XXXI: Closed

XXXII: Going

XXXIII: Going!

XXXIV: Gone

Book II: Riches

Little Dorrit

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