| Little Dorrit Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Gates, David (Introduction by), Browne, H. K. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 037575914X ISBN-13: 9780375759147 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Upon its publication in 1857, "Little Dorrit immediately outsold any of Dickens's previous books. The story of William Dorrit, imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea Prison, and his daughter and helpmate, Amy, or Little Dorrit, the novel charts the progress of the Dorrit family from poverty to riches. In his Introduction, David Gates argues that "intensity of imagination is the gift from which Dickens's other great attributes derive: his eye and ear, his near-universal empathy, his ability to entertain both a sense of the ridiculous and a sense of ultimate significance." This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1857 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001044624 |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 5.26" W x 8.04" (1.41 lbs) 912 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 60660 Reading Level: 9.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 66.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Upon its publication in 1857, Little Dorrit immediately outsold any of Dickens's previous books. The story of William Dorrit, imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea Prison, and his daughter and helpmate, Amy, or Little Dorrit, the novel charts the progress of the Dorrit family from poverty to riches. In his Introduction, David Gates argues that "intensity of imagination is the gift from which Dickens's other great attributes derive: his eye and ear, his near-universal empathy, his ability to entertain both a sense of the ridiculous and a sense of ultimate significance." This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1857 edition. |