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Little Dorrit (Revised)
Little Dorrit (Revised) | Charles Dickens
A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs over all aspects of Victorian society When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond its walls to affect the lives of many, from the kindly Mr Panks, the reluctant rent-collector of Bleeding Heart Yard, and the tipsily garrulous Flora Finching, to Merdle, an unscrupulous financier, and the bureaucratic Barnacles in the Circumlocution Office. A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity. Stephen Wall's introduction examines Dickens's transformation of childhood memories of his father's incarceration in the Marshalsea debtors' prison. This revised edition includes expanded notes, appendices and suggestion for further reading by Helen Small, a chronology of Dickens's life and works, and original illustrations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."
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mjtwo
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A new book to add to my list of favourite Dickens. I loved this. Fanny and Mr Dorritt made me laugh; the Meagles were just lovely; and I felt that all characters received a satisfying ending. And Dickens manages to convey the absurdity of the debtors‘ prison and the sheer luck of wealth.
Juliet Stevenson is a wonderful narrator. Thoroughly recommend.

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kplovesbooks
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ (The 2008 BBC miniseries starring Matthew Macfadyen is 5⭐! 😍) I have loved this story since watching the miniseries but am just now getting to the book. So good!!

melissajayne Claire Foy (aka Queen Elizabeth II in the The Crown) is Little Dorrit. I love that miniseries as well. (edited) 2y
jlhammar Love that adaptation! 2y
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quietjenn
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Going to finally finish Little Dorrit this afternoon, agree rather long periods of neglect. And couldn't help noticing how well Iggy goes with an Modern Library edition 😏

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2y
Lreads 😻😻❤️ 2y
Leftcoastzen 😻I read somewhere that this is the Dickens novel most abandoned by readers.I haven‘t ever tried it. 2y
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batsy Happy birthday! 💕🎂📚 2y
LeahBergen Happy happy birthday, my friend! I hope you have a lovely day! ❤️📚❤️📚 2y
quietjenn @batsy @LeahBergen Thanks so much, friends! I appreciate the well wishes 💙 2y
quietjenn @Leftcoastzen I can kind of see that! It's a long one and while everything (mostly) comes together in the end, it can be hard to see how he's going to get there along the way. There's also a lot of commentary and/or critique on Victorian society and the upholding of certain ethics/values that don't totally jibe with a modern viewpoint. I'm glad I read it, but I don't think it's going to go to the top of My Favorite Dickens list. 2y
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quietjenn
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Additionally, not sure if any #whatthedickens stragglers are interested, but I'm planning to continue working my way through Dickens. Joined a GR group just starting Little Dorrit, so I'll be reading this over the next few months, if anyone is inclined. @Lcsmcat @BarkingMadRun

Lcsmcat I‘m pretty committed in January (and have read Dorrit recently) but I‘d love to join you for other Dickens works. Do you mind continuing to tag me? 3y
quietjenn @Lcsmcat Sure thing! 3y
BarkingMadRead Tag me on the next one for sure! 3y
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Pip2
Little Dorrit (UK) | Charles Dickens
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Little Dorrit demonstrates and insists on the possibility of moral self-cultivation and rewards or punishes those characters according to their moral behavior. In short, no one gets away with anything because everyone's accountable for themselves. The intricate development of the characters predisposes the reader to be heavily vested in the story‘s characters and the stories development, an overall delightful read!

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ChristineJardine
Little Dorrit (Revised) | Charles Dickens
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2009

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EmilieGR
Little Dorrit (Revised) | Charles Dickens
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Some of dickens most lovable and hilarious characters

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Leannr
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Tea, pjs, banana bread and Dickens. Peak Sunday vibes 🙌🏻

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TaciturnWhenReading
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Bookish goodies (and a bunch of toys in the background)!

Merry Christmas litsyland!

Lcsmcat Oooh! What is the tome behind the Agatha Christie? 6y
TaciturnWhenReading @Lcsmcat It‘s actually a faux book box to hide little treasures! Looks pretty realistic though. 6y
Lcsmcat @TaciturnWhenReading It does, at least in the picture! Pretty! 6y
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Lcsmcat
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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RobinGustafson
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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We hit the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library Book Den sale today. Found so many goodies #ilovebooks #charlesdickens

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youneverarrived
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Took this pic at my library 💚 #sobeautiful #septemberdanes

Cathythoughts 💫💫💫 6y
Kalalalatja Stunning 😍 6y
Cinfhen I miss my library soooooo much 😩 6y
BiblioLitten 😍💖 6y
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Lynnsoprano
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Still clearing out bookshelves, and came across this classic that I read a few years ago. I truly believe that many young people dislike classics because they are too young to appreciate them when they‘re more or less forced to read them. Hubby says you have to be a father to truly appreciate Silas Marner. Anyway, if you would like to have this, let me know😄

Caroline2 I totally agree! I don‘t know why they force old “classics” on teenagers then they wonder why teenagers think all books are boring and don‘t want to read! 🙄 6y
umbrellagirl Hey, it‘s the queen! 6y
Lynnsoprano @umbrellagirl OMG! I hadn‘t realized that! I saw the series on PBS about 10 years ago. I never made the connection. 6y
umbrellagirl @Lynnsoprano She‘s in The Crown now, though only the first two series. 6y
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Mskt6891
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens

My gran loved reading more than anything, and she was always delighted that I shared her passion. My gran recently passed away and I kept a handful (ahem, 26) of her books, to read and to remember her by. Problem is, I just realised I‘ve broken my ‘can‘t have more than 350 books in this house that I haven‘t yet read‘ rule.
Current owned TBR = 374. Oops.

DebbieGrillo I'd say the 26 of your Gran's don't count. By those rules, you can buy two more. 6y
Mskt6891 👍 I may need to buy a new bookcase though!! 6y
Reviewsbylola I think you get a pass! 6y
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LiterRohde
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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The only thing I remember about this one from college is the entire class saying, “Nope.” We ended up reading only small sections of it. I still own the book and it would be interesting to go back now to try to read it - I think.

#JuneInBooks18 | #BooksYouDidNotFinish

📷: Google Books

toofondofbooks It's good! One of my fave Dickens 6y
JoRead I think that's my favorite by Dickens 6y
BookwormM Loved the BBC adaptation 6y
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ValerieAndBooks
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I‘m so excited about this gift from @Sarah83 that arrived today! I was a winner of her #maylovesclassics giveaway. I will definitely look forward to reading Little Dorrit and the bookmark “I Like Big Books And I Cannot Lie” is perfect!! Thanks so much Sarah 😍😘💖!!

saresmoore So fun! I love Little Dorrit. 6y
LeahBergen Nice! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
Sarah83 So glad you like everything 😍 6y
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rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 6y
Lynnsoprano Little Dorris is one of my favorite Dickens novels ❤️ 6y
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toofondofbooks
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Lcsmcat
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I think my copy of Little Dorrit qualifies as a #tome. #oldcoolbooks @Linsy

AmyG Soooo pretty 7y
Linsy It definitely does! And a beautiful one at that!! 💖 7y
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Sarah83
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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For me Dorrit is a #heroine as she has to survive in Dickensian times. #litsyclassics @Bambolina_81

Bambolina_81 One of my favourites!! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I have not read this one by Dickens yet! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I got my copy today 😍! I must have stacked this from your post. I‘m going to put up a picture soon. Thank you 💖!! 6y
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Purrsistently
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Recovered my old copy of Little Dorrit- one of my favorites!

ladym30 Love it! 7y
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KerriNTurner
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Just one of my many stacks of very old, very read books.

zezeki That is a great stack! 😍 7y
LeahBergen Beautiful ❤️ 7y
rubyslippersreads 😍📚😍 7y
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emilyhaldi LOVE!! 💗💗 7y
LazyDays 💕😍 7y
RohitSawant 😍😍 7y
mrp27 😍💕😍 7y
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srb
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Ugh what an icon! Miss Wade! Call me! I would love to be condescended to.

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srb
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Really into Miss Wade and her haughty, mysterious vibe.

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Tove_Reads
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I have stayed away from his chunksters for years, but I really think I should tackle at least one of them soonish. Which chunkster by Dickens should I start with and why?

MommyWantsToReadHerBook I haven't read any of those - does Bleak House count is chunkster? 7y
SaraBeagle David Copperfield! My favorite Dickens 7y
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Lcsmcat
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Title page and frontispiece from the copy of Little Dorrit my daughter gave me several Christmases ago. #AmyDorrit #dickensiandecember @jenniferw88

KVanRead Lovely. 7y
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KVanRead
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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This is still TBR for me but just discovered Andrew Davies made a series of it with Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth in the Crown) as #AmyDorrit so I guess it‘s TBW now as well. #DickensianDecember @jenniferw88

Kimberlone The miniseries is really good! 7y
KVanRead @Kimberlone Oh good! I‘ll have to check it out. 7y
EvieBee It was really good too, but hadn‘t realized it was Foy! Watched it years ago and only know her from The Crown. 7y
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Sarah83 This series is really awesome. I liked watching it. 😍 7y
KVanRead @EvieBee @Sarah83 I really need to find it now! 7y
Sarah83 @KVanRead there is a DVD-set prodcasted by the BBC. 😉 7y
drokka I've seen this a few times. Matthew McFadyen and Andy Serkis are brilliant in it. 7y
KVanRead @sarah83 Thx! @drokka Good to know! 7y
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Lcsmcat
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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L - Little Dorritt
I - Interpreter of Maladies
N - Never Let Me Go
D - Do Not Say We Have Nothing
A - Alias Grace
@ScorpioBookDreams #booknames

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Balibee146
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I managed to do a 4 year Scottish degree in English Lit and totally avoid Dickens. I read Great Expectations in my mid teens and HATED it. So this is the only Dickens I own. #TBRsomeday maybe a considerable number of additional years will change my mind. Yet another chunkster #Ilikebigboks

Bambolina_81 I love Dickens and Great Expectations is my least favourite too! Little Dorrit and Bleak House are my favourites - they are chunksters but the characters are fantastic and really pull you through the stories. 7y
Balibee146 Thanks @Bambolina_81 I spent ages in the bookshop working out which sounded good. Sounds like I picked a good one. Thanks.... Looking forward to trying it now :-) 7y
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mahra_butt
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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So many books...
#QOTD tell me about your favorite reading spots and corners...
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#Currentread #currentlyreading #classic #Pakistan #literature

mahra_butt @Caterina @BarbaraBB tag anybody you think would like to talk about such stuff 😊 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks My front porch in my rocking chair (when it's cool) I know I sound like a granny!! Lol 7y
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BarbaraBB Is that you, standing there? 7y
mahra_butt @BarbaraBB yep... it's a hill station in Pakistan and it's cold there the entire year 😂 7y
MrBook I was going to ask it, but @BarbaraBB beat me to it 🙌🏻. Cold the entire year, wow! There's a spot in NYC's Central Park I used to frequent often 😊👍🏻. Now, my back porch in my wicker rocking chair. 7y
mahra_butt @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks haha! I have a feeling all readers have old souls...specially if they read classics... 7y
BarbaraBB Beautiful picture! I once visited Pakistan. Such a beautiful country! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @mahra_butt I think you're right!! Beautiful pic 💕 7y
PatriciaU My best and favorite place is on the shore of Black Lake in the western foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in NYS. Thanks for the tag @MrBook (edited) 7y
SpeculativeFemale My favorites include my oversized chair, my bathtub, and anywhere shady with a good breeze that I can set up my camp chair. Since our local state parks are both along rivers or streams, there are lots of nice little shady areas with cool breezes coming off the water. 7y
LeahBergen I love to read in the chair in my own little library. A close second would be reading in bed or reading in the bath (I have a giant tub 😄). Thanks for the tag, @MrBook 😘 7y
mahra_butt Rocking chairs seem to be a favourite here! Followed by the bath tub 😀 7y
Smangela @mahra_butt gorgeous picture ? what a magical spot! Favorite spots are generally just a comfy chair anywhere. Whenever we find our "forever home" my goal is to have a reading nook ❤️❤️ thanks for tagging me @MrBook :) 7y
Sue Thanks for the tag @MrBook I love reading at the beach or our local dam, or on my couch with my kitties. 7y
tpixie @mahra_butt that is such a lovely, majestic place! I love to read on my back porch listening to the rustling of leaves 🍃 and sometimes the deer 🦌 come out. Twice I've seen a fox 🦊!! I like to read with my feet up!! My porch chairs have ottomans. My 2nd favorite spot is my chair in the living room (lol with an ottoman). Thx @MrBook for the tag!! 7y
Reecaspieces I will read anywhere. Car,bathtub,work,ballgame. But my favorite place is outside. Anywhere outside. I sit on my back deck in the morning and I have a little sitting area under shade trees that I use the rest of the time. I do have a reading spot inside (waiting on my new reading chair). Thanks for the tag @MrBook 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I read in my great-grandmothers swan-arm rocker quite often. Or just propped up in bed or on the couch! Audiobooking however happens everywhere! 📚📚😎😎 7y
britt_brooke @mahra_butt Stunning photo! 💚 Thanks for the tag @MrBook - I'll read pretty much anywhere, but my daily favorite is in bed after the kids are asleep! 7y
LibrarianJen @MrBook thanks for the mention! I would have to say right now it's where ever I can find 5 minutes of peace and quiet! Most of my reading haunts are outdoors, around the university or in the mountains. However there are also a couple breweries whose ambiance are great for reading as well as a few coffee shops. Anywhere with a fireplace and comfy chairs will do. 7y
Lola I'm definitely an anywhere reader, but some of my favorites spots are the bath, my reading nook, poolside, and the park. Thanks for the tag @MrBook 🙂 7y
Cupofjo Thanks @MrBook ... I will read anywhere! But my favorite spots are the back patio couch or bed with a hot or cold coffee near by! 7y
melbeautyandbooks My favorite at home spots are my bed or couch. I travel a lot for work so I also read a lot on planes with my noise canceling headphones- and people still try to talk to me 😡. Thanks for the tag @MrBook 😊 7y
batsy That's a gorgeous pic. My fav reading spot is actually any comfortable chair. Boring, I know 😊 7y
becausetrains My favorite place is anywhere I can concentrate enough to get sucked into a book, especially moving places. Airplanes are good, buses are ok, trains are a lot better 😉 but really, anywhere that people aren't trying to get my attention and there are few distractions like nice scenery. 7y
TheLondonBookworm I'll read anywhere and everywhere! Currently I'm tucked up on a corner sofa of a hostel in Tralee, Ireland enjoying my evening post surfing in the Irish Sea! But my favourite place is tucked in my parents sofa corner - best sofa in the world!!!!! 7y
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KerriNTurner
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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#maybookflowers I have an #obsession with old books. The older and more worn, the better, because it shows how loved and read they've been!

LeahBergen 😍😍 (and I like the pink cover of What Katy Did!). 8y
Caroline2 Love it!!! 😍 8y
KerriNTurner @LeahBergen it's such a pretty edition of that book! 8y
KerriNTurner @Caroline2 thanks! I have so many more super old books, I really am obsessed 😄 8y
EvieBee Wow! I'm in love! 8y
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Oliveskool
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Just finished another classic that has been added to my favorites list! A wonderful story of girls generosity and humility that lasts through the UPS and downs of her life.

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Lynnsoprano
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#readJanuary. This is my definitive #slowread, but it was so absolutely worth it. I have this weird relationship with Dickens. My favorite of his books is Bleak House, yet I've never been able to get through Great Expectations, and I've tried multiple times. This, though, is probably in my top ten classics.

JanuarieTimewalker13 I tried this but got tied up in the government bureaucracy part, it was brilliant, but I couldn't make it through. I think a lot of times it's the size of the font that gets me...I don't know. 8y
CrowCAH I loved watching the TV movie, with Clair Foy (spelling?)!!! Then I listened to the book and it was just as compelling as the movie! 8y
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Sarah83
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Ein Buch,das ich in zwei Sprachen besitze. Beide Ausgaben #einesKlassikersdenichnochnichtgelesenhabe sind ausgefallen. Die deutsche Ausgabe ist in Sütterlin geschrieben & die englische Ausgabe ist aus dem #BuecherdorfHayonWye 😍

A photo of a book which I possess in two languages. Both editions of #aclassicihaventread are special. The german edition is written in 'sütterlin' which is an old writing & the english one I bought in #HayonWye 😍

Moray_Reads This is one of my favourites written by Charles Dickens. I hope you enjoy it. These are beautiful books 😍 8y
Sarah83 @Moray_Reads I saw the BBC adaption with Matthew MacFadyen and I loved it. But it wasn't easy to get the books in Germany. 😑 8y
Moray_Reads @Sarah83 I love the BBC drama. It sticks quite close to the book too 8y
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Sarah83 @Moray_Reads Sounds good. 😊 But first I read (because christmas is coming around) a christmas carol. 😍 8y
Sarah83 @RealLifeReading My blurb was too long, so I mark you now. 😎 8y
JoRead This is the book that me Dickenite 😂😂 8y
Sarah83 @JoRead A christmas charol is it to me. 😍 8y
JoRead @Sarah83 oh yes, and it's that time of the yesr for a re-read! 🎄 8y
Sarah83 @JoRead I do so. ☺ 8y
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CateKeesling
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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I am committing to the #litsyatoz challenge for 2017! #abecedarianTBR. Thanks @BookishMarginalia !!

BookishMarginalia Woohoo! 👏🏼 8y
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LiteraryMind
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That moment when you can't figure out the enemy until the end of a story. THATS when you hold a masterpiece! #ClassicLiterature #CharlesDickens

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Libby1
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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Repeated themes of imprisonment, false appearances and the mixed up conception of respectability. Every Dickens novel is a masterpiece to me, but in my opinion, this lacks the heart of some of his other novels.

Lindy Welcome to Litsy! 8y
MrBook Welcome to @Litsy ! I think you'll like it here 😎👍🏻. 8y
Libby1 Thanks so much, @Lindy and @MrBook. 💚📚 8y
DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!!🎉👍📚😀 8y
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Mamashep
Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens
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When I can't get my hands in my iPad to read, I'm starting my summer chunkster! #prayforme #begentlewithmecharles

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balletbookworm
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Finishing some Dickens while I finish a hat. This is a more jaded book, I think than Bleak House. The worries over wealth and class have a more punitive tone in this story of debt, greed, and family.

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Chrisalynn
Little Dorrit (Revised) | Charles Dickens
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This book is hard to get into but towards the middle I fell in love.

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Mamashep
Little Dorrit (Revised) | Charles Dickens
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I do believe it's about time to sink my teeth into a chunky classic. #dickens #classicsclubchallenge