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Little Dorrit: with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd

Little Dorrit: with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd

by Charles Dickens (Author)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

For all of her twenty-two years, Amy Dorrit has lived in Marshalsea prison, trapped there with her family because of her father's debts. Her only escape is to work as a seamstress for the kind Mrs Clennam. When Mrs Clennam's son Arthur returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kind-hearted interest in poor little Amy. But when it is unexpectedly discovered that her father is heir to a fortune, some shocking truths emerge and Amy's life changes for ever.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 944
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 04 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 0099533391
ISBN 13: 9780099533399
Book Overview: With an exclusive introduction by Peter Ackroyd, these out of print editions are brought back to life with a fresh and timeless new look.

Media Reviews
Charles Dickens is one of the giants of English literature * Sunday Express *
Nothing seems more quintessentially British than Charles Dickens * The Times *
My all-time favourite author is Charles Dickens * Lesley Pearse *
There's only one Charles Dickens * Nick Hornby *
I would always prefer to go get another Dickens off the shelf than pick up a new book by someone I've not read yet * Donna Tartt *
Author Bio
Charles Dickens was born in Landport in Portsmouth on 7 February 1812. Sent to work in a blacking factory at the age of twelve, after his Navy Pay Office clerk father was imprisoned for debt, Dickens's memories of this unhappy period haunted him throughout his life and influenced much of his writing. After stints as a clerk and a shorthand reporter in the law courts, Dickens became a reporter of parliamentary debates for the Morning Chronicle until the huge success of his first books enabled him to become a full-time author. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished. Peter Ackroyd's biography of Charles Dickens was published in 1990 to enormous critical acclaim. He has also written another major biography, T.S. Eliot, which was awarded the 1984 Whitbread Prize and was joint winner of the Royal Society of Literature's William Heinemann Award. Peter Ackroyd's novels include The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, Milton in America, Chatterton, The Clerkenwell Tales and The Fall of Troy and his non-fiction works include Ezra Pound and his World, Chaucer and London: The Biography, among others. His most recent biography is Poe: A Life Cut Short.