"Little Dorrit" is, along with "Bleak House" and "Our Mutual Friend", one of Dickens' last three great novels, and is one of his most important works. It is an attack on the institution of "debtors prisons" (The Marshalsea prison, which features heavily in the book, is where Dickens' own father was imprisoned for debt when Dickens was a child) and a biting satire of the over-bureaucratic institutions of government, and the injustices of the class system. The fact that most of the issues that Dickens highlights in the novel have long since passed into history does not negate the important of the work.

Fully illustrated with the original black and white illustrations by Phiz.

Enjoy!

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Converted words in capitals to italics, where appropriate, to match the printed book. Added the original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

EDIT: 6 Jan 08

A couple of the illustrations accidentally got missed out of the previous version; apologies. Uploaded v4.

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Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Rescanned a couple of the illustrations which weren't previously very clear. Uploaded v5.

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So incredible! I can't think of a better treat than Dickens. And you're getting closer and closer to that flawed, controversial novel "The Old Curiousity Shop."

I really can't thank you enough for these. I hope that your efforts turn more people on to Dickens.

Don

Just for you, I'll do "Old Curiosity Shop" next :grin:.

Thank you so much!

Don

(When I say "flawed," I mean a mixed, critical reception throughout the years. But I love this book.)

sweet

Uploaded v2 with improved formatting to preserve dashes, etc.

Converted words in capitals to italics, where appropriate, to match the printed book. Added the original illustrations. Uploaded v3.

A couple of the illustrations accidentally got missed out of the previous version; apologies. Uploaded v4.

Recreated the book to fix a problem with paragraph breaks. Rescanned a couple of the illustrations which weren't previously very clear. Uploaded v5.