Little Dorrit

When Arthur Clennam returns to London after twenty years abroad, he finds his family's house shrouded in gloom and his mother's secrets buried deep. He meets Amy Dorrit, a young woman who lives in the Marshalsea debtors' prison with her father and siblings, and is drawn into the mysteries of her family's past and his own.

Little Dorrit is Charles Dickens's sweeping novel of poverty and riches, set in a world of debtors' prisons, government offices, and fashionable society. It follows the intertwined lives of Arthur and Amy as they navigate a society obsessed with money and status, and as they uncover a secret that connects their families. With its large cast of memorable characters and its satirical eye for bureaucracy and speculation, the novel explores themes of imprisonment, love, and redemption.

This edition contains the complete text of the novel, with Dickens's preface to the 1857 edition, a new introduction, a character guide, a summary, a themes section, a glossary of period terms, and discussion questions for readers and book clubs.