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This book is the second volume of Charles Dickens’ 1857 novel, “Little Doritt”. Amy is the youngest child of a man who has been incarcerated for not paying back a debt. While working as a seamstress, she falls in love with Arthur Clennam, and hopes that she will she be able to win his heart and escape her miserable life. A masterful exploration of social injustices, “Little Doritt” will appeal to those who have read and enjoyed Dickens’ work, and would make for a great addition to any bookshelf. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870) was an English author, widely considered to be the most important novelist of the Victorian era. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Amy Dorrit, referred to as Little Dorrit, is born in and lives much of her life at the Marshalsea prison, where her father is imprisoned for debt. She and her siblings earn meagre wages at jobs outside the prison walls, returning nightly to Marshalsea. Little Dorrit works as a seamstress for Mrs. Clennam, whose son Arthur takes an interest in the Dorrit family and eventually helps free Mr. Dorrit from prison. Arthur becomes a debtor himself and falls in love with Little Dorrit, but because their financial circumstances are now reversed, he does not ask her to marry him. In the end Arthur's mother, a miserly, mean-spirited woman, is forced to reveal that Arthur is not really her son and that she had been keeping money from him and the Dorrits for many years. This circumstance leaves Little Dorrit and Arthur free to marry.